Ms.Samuel has taken a survey of college students and found that 1 out of 7 students are liberal arts majors. If a college has 12,000 students, what is the best estimate of the number of students who are liberal arts majors

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Answer:

1714 students

Step-by-step explanation:

If  1 out of 7 students are liberal arts majors based on Ms. samuel survey, the  estimate of the number of students who are liberal arts majors if the total number of student in the college s 12,000 can be gotten using the equality expression.

7 students = 1 liberal art major student

12,000 = x liberal art major students

cross multiply

7*x = 12000*1

7x = 12000

divide both sides by 7

7x/7 = 12000/7

x = 1714.29

x≈ 1714

Hence the best estimate for the number of students who are liberal arts majors is 1714 students.