Question

A random sample of people were surveyed on their favorite sport, as shown in the table below sorted by the respondent’s age.

Favorite Sport
Age Basketball Football Soccer Baseball Other/Hate Sports Total
under 21 7 5 9 6 10 37
21-34 7 7 6 9 8 37
35-54 10 10 8 9 9 46
55 and older 5 8 6 8 8 35
Total 29 30 29 32 35 155

What percent of the people prefer football? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

Based on the provided data, the percentage of people who prefer football is approximately 19.4%.

How to find the percentage

To find the percentage of people who prefer football, calculate the ratio of the number of people who prefer football to the total number of people surveyed, and then express that ratio as a percentage.

According to the table, the number of people who prefer football is 30. The total number of people surveyed is 155.

Percentage of people who prefer football = (Number of people who prefer football / Total number of people surveyed) × 100

Percentage of people who prefer football = (30 / 155) × 100

Percentage of people who prefer football ≈ 19.4%

Rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent, the percentage of people who prefer football is approximately 19.4%.