Given:
72% of the students prefer outdoor recess over indoor reces.
182 students prefer indoor recess.
To find: Number of students prefer outdoor recess.
Explanation:
Let 'x' be the total number of students.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Percentage of students prefer indoor recess=100-72} \\ =28\text{ \%} \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} 182=x\times\frac{28}{100} \\ x=182\times\frac{100}{28} \\ x=650 \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Number of students prefer outdoor recess=650}\times\frac{72}{100} \\ =468 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, Number of students prefer outdoor recess are 468.
