If there were 150 people polled, how many more chose vanilla than strawberry?

Question 2 options:

A 27

B 39

C 21

D 12

D. 12 people chose vanilla over strawberry.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

The total of all the given flavors will be 100%.

In order to determine how many people chose vanilla, we add all the available percentages and subtract them from 100%.

The sum of the percentages

The percent of people who chose vanilla

Step 2:

Now we determine how many people chose strawberry and how many chose vanilla.

If there were a total of 150 people,

The number of people who chose strawberry

The number of people who chose vanilla

Step 3:

To calculate how many people chose vanilla over strawberry, we subtract their values.

The number of people who chose vanilla over strawberry

So option D.

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b