Question

Middletown sponsors a two day conference for selected middle school students to study government. Suppose 20 student delegates will the attend the conference Each school should be represented fairly in relation to it's population.

Answer 1

• North Middle School = 10 students
• Central Middle School = 6 students
• South Middle School = 4 students

Explanation:

First calculate the total number of students in all the schools:

= 618 + 378 + 204

= 1,200 students

Use this number to calculate the proportion of the total population that a school so that this can then be used to determine the proportion of the 20 delegates they should sent.

North Middle school:

= 618/1,200 * 20

= 10 students

Central Middle School:

= 378 / 1,200 * 20

= 6 students

South Middle School:

= 204/1,200 * 20

= 4 students