Question

Sally is planning the school picnic and needs to decide what food vendor to use. She asks 250 students whether they would rather have a taco truck or a fruit smoothie cart. The results of the survey are shown in the table. Taco truck Fruit smoothies Total Eighth-graders 75 45 120 Ninth-graders 105 25 130 Total 180 70 250 What is the relative frequency of eighth-graders who want fruit smoothies?​

Answer 1

0.18

Explanation:

The relative frequency of eight graders who want fruit smoothie :

Number of eight graders who want fruit smoothie / total number of students surveyed

= 45 / 250

= 0.18