The school cafeteria has two meal options in the main line today: a grilled chicken sandwich or a spicy fried chicken sandwich one lunch period, 60 people order the grilled chicken sandwich, and 90 people order the spicy fried chicken sandwich. 40 of the eople who ordered the grilled chicken sandwich got a chocolate mitk to drink. If the sandwich choice and the drink choice are independent, how many of the people who ordered the spicy fried chicken sandwich got a chocolate milk?

Respuesta :

It's a trick question, you can't know the answer. If the sandwich choice and drink choice are independent, they don't depend on each other, so it could be anywhere from 0-90 people

Answer:

60 of the people who ordered the spicy fried chicken sandwich got a chocolate milk.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

60 people order the grilled chicken sandwich, and 90 people order the spicy fried chicken sandwich.

40 Out of 60 people who order grilled chicken sandwich got a chocolate milk to drink.

Let say x number of people out of 90 got chocolate milk drink.

Now we need to find the people who ordered the spicy fried chicken sandwich got a chocolate milk.

The above information can be written as:

[tex]\frac{40}{60}=\frac{x}{90}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{40}{60}\times 90=x[/tex]

[tex]x=20\times 3[/tex]

[tex]x=60[/tex]

Hence, 60 of the people who ordered the spicy fried chicken sandwich got a chocolate milk.