Question

The two-way table shows the number of ninth and tenth graders who prefer going to sporting events or going to the movies.



Among tenth graders, what is the relative frequency of preferring sporting events? Express your answer as a decimal, and round to the nearest thousandth if necessary.

Answer 1

@swagmaster47 can u help me please?

Answer 2

The first thing we should do is find out how many people were surveyed in this study.

Answer 3

Can you do that on your own?

Answer 4

yes I got 27:)

Answer 5

Very good! Now we continue by having the amount of people who prefer sporting events out of 27.

Answer 6

So this would look like
\[\frac{people~who~prefer~sporting~events }{27}\]

Answer 7

Do you remember how to find the amount of people from your last question?

Answer 8

yes but what do I do:(

Answer 9

Just add the people in the column labeled sporting events

Answer 10

Tell me what you get

Answer 11

14

Answer 12

Close! It is 9+6 which is 15

Answer 13

Now that we have that number we do this!\[\frac{ 15 }{ 27}\]

Answer 14

0.56

Answer 15

@swagmaster47 I got 0.56:)

Answer 16

Yes! It is\[\frac{ 5 }{ 9 }~or~0.56\]

Answer 17

thxs so much:)