Question

Sally is planning the school picnic and needs to decide what food vendor to use. She asks 500 students whether they would rather have a taco truck or a fruit smoothie cart. The results of the survey are shown in the table.What is the relative frequency of eighth graders who want fruit smoothies?A.0.50B. 0.05C. 0.02D. 0.27

Answer 1

Relative frequency determines how often an event takes place divided by the total outcome.

The relative frequency of 8th graders who want fruit smoothies can be calculated below

`\begin{gathered} 8th\text{ graders who want fruit smoothies = 27} \\ \text{total outcome = }500 \\ \text{relative frequency=}(27)/(500)=0.054=0.05 \end{gathered}`