A middle school has 490 students and mae surveys a random sample of 60 students and finds that 24 of them have pet dogs how many are likely to have pet dogs

If you would like to know how many students are likely to have pet dogs, you can calculate this using the following steps:

24 students have pet dogs ... 60 students

x students have pet dogs = ? ... 490 students

24 * 490 = 60 * x / 60

x = 24 * 490 / 60

x = 196 students

Result: 196 students are likely to have pet dogs.