In a survey, 27% of the people chose salads over a meat dish. In all 81 people chose salads. How many people where in the survey?



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27 is to 100 as 81 is to ______
using diamond method (27 times _____ and 100 times 81) we get 8100=27X
8100 / 27  = 300
300 people were surveyed

27 percent of the total chose salad over meal. That 27 percent equals

81 people and the question is how many people were in total?

       27 %    -   81 people

       100%  -    X?

100 x 81 / 27  =   300

100% = 300  The total amount of people participating in the survey were 300.