Jose’s school has 426 students. His principal has promised the Student Council that their idea will be carried out if they can get at least 25% of the student population to sign a petition. So far, 82 students have signed the petition. Jose used the following steps to write an inequality that can be used to determine the number of student signatures still needed:Step 1. Declare the variable: Let x = the number of student signatures still needed.Step 2. Create a ratio equivalent to : .Step 3. Convert 25% to a decimal: 25% = 0.25.Step 4. Write the inequality: .What is Jose’s error?
Answer
A
In Step 1, x should be equal to the total number of students in the school.