A survey of Hazelton residents showed that 61 of respondents love the town's annual bunny pageant. If the residents surveyed are representative of the 4,200 residents of Hazelton, how many Hazelton residents love the town's annual bunny pageant?
Q. A survey of Hazelton residents showed that 61 of respondents love the town's annual bunny pageant. If the residents surveyed are representative of the 4,200 residents of Hazelton, how many Hazelton residents love the town's annual bunny pageant?
Problem Understanding: Understand the problem and identify the fraction of residents who love the bunny pageant.The problem states that 61 of the surveyed residents love the town's annual bunny pageant. We need to find out how many residents this fraction represents out of the total population of Hazelton, which is 4,200 residents.
Calculate Residents Who Love Bunny Pageant: Calculate the number of residents who love the bunny pageant.To find the number of residents who love the bunny pageant, we multiply the total number of residents by the fraction that represents those who love the pageant.Number of residents who love the pageant = (61)×4,200
Perform Multiplication to Find Residents: Perform the multiplication to find the number of residents.(61)×4,200=700So, 700 residents of Hazelton love the town's annual bunny pageant.
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