We are told that in the random survey conducted by Eddie, out 50 students 14 spend more than 2 hours each night doing homework. By dividing 14 by 50 we can find the percentage of the students who do homework for more than 2 hours of the total number of the survey participants.
14/50We also know that there are 421 students at Eddie's school. Let x be the number of students at Eddie's school that spend more than 2 hours each night on homework. Assuming that their percentage is about the same, as the one in the survey, we can form the following proportion.
14/50=x/421
Let's solve it and find the value of x.
