Question

About 13 out of 20 homes have a personalcomputer. On a street with 60 homes, howmany would you expect to have a personalcomputer?

Answer 1

On a street with 60 homes, the number of homes expected to have a personal computer is;

`39\text{ }`

Expected

Given that;

About 13 out of 20 homes have a personal computer.

It means that;

`(13)/(20)\text{ PC/home}`

Out of 60 homes, the expected number of homes with PC is;

`\begin{gathered} n=(13)/(20)*60 \\ n=39 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, On a street with 60 homes, the number of homes expected to have a personal computer is;

`39\text{ }`