Question

A newspaper published an article about the athletic banquet at the local high school that had approximately 1000 family members in attendance. Exactly 650 persons became ill within 24 hours, complaining of severe diarrhea, vomiting, and cramping. What is the attack rate?

Answer 1

65%.

Explanation:

We have been given that a newspaper published an article about the athletic banquet at the local high school that had approximately 1000 family members in attendance. Exactly 650 persons became ill within 24 hours.

To find the attack rate, we need to figure out 650 is what percent of 1000.

`\text{Attack rate}=(650)/(1000)* 100\%`

`\text{Attack rate}=(65)/(1)* 1\%\\\\\text{Attack rate}=65\%`

Therefore, the attack rate is 65%.