Lisa surveyed 60 students at her school and found that 0.85 of the students she surveyed said their favorite class is math. Another 15% of the students she surveyed reported that their favorite class is science. How many more students in the survey prefer math over science?

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Morgan Newton

28 October, 08:16

Lisa surveyed 60 students at her school and found that 0.85 of the students she surveyed said their favorite class is math. Another 15% of the students she surveyed reported that their favorite class is science. How many more students in the survey prefer math over science?

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Jovani Hale · Answer 1

First I would convert the. 85 into an 85%

Now you have 85% like math and 15% like science.

Since there are 60 students, you then take. 85*60=51 students who prefer math and. 15*60=9 students who prefer science.

Then you take math (51) minus science (9)

51-9=42 more students prefer math over science