Over the summer, 2 people visited the beach, 3 people visited a state park, and 5 people flew across the country. If Connor's class has 20 people, what is the best prediction of how many students visited the beach?

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Chester

4 November, 05:40

Over the summer, 2 people visited the beach, 3 people visited a state park, and 5 people flew across the country. If Connor's class has 20 people, what is the best prediction of how many students visited the beach?

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Red · Answer 1

10 people:

2 people visited the beach, 3 people visited a state park, and 5 people flew across the country

20 people:

4 people visited the beach, 6 people visited a state park, and 10 people flew across the country

Answer: 4 students visited the beach

Kelly Weeks · Answer 2

1/10

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 10 people went somewhere over the summer that is 1/2 of the class.

But going over the whole class 2/20 people went to the beach. Simplified that is 1/10