Question

a survey of students at a university shows that 3 out of 5 drink coffee. of the students who drink coffee, 1 out of 8 adds cream to it. if the university has 12,000 students, find the number of students who drink coffee with cream

Answer 1

900 students

Explanation:

3/5 of 12,000 = 7,200 who drink coffee

1/8 x 7,200 = 900 who drink coffee with cream