Asurvey showed that 26% of the people surveyed preferred a certain brand of breakfast cereal. there were 200 people surveyed. how many people surveyed preferred the brand of breakfast cereal?

The Answer is 200X.26 which equals 52 people.

Since 26% of the people surveyed preferred the cereal

Total surveyed = 200

Those that preferred =  26% of 200

                              = 26/100 * 200

                             =     52

So 52 people preferred the breakfast cereal.