Malika volunteers on the weekend at the Central Library. As a school project, she decides to record how many people visit the library, and where they go. On Saturday, 497 people went to The Youth Wing, 369 people went to Social Issues, and 416 went to Fiction and Literature.
On Sunday, the library had 1400 total visitors. Based on what Malika had recorded on Saturday, about how many people should be expected to go to The Youth Wing? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
To find out how many people should be expected to go to The Youth Wing on Sunday, we first need to find the proportion of visitors to The Youth Wing on Saturday compared to the total visitors.
Total visitors on Saturday: 497 + 369 + 416 = 1282
Proportion of visitors to The Youth Wing on Saturday: 497 / 1282 = 0.3877
Now we can use this proportion to estimate the number of visitors to The Youth Wing on Sunday:
Estimated visitors to The Youth Wing on Sunday: 0.3877 * 1400 = 543.8
Rounding to the nearest whole number, we can expect about 544 people to go to The Youth Wing on Sunday.