Question

A town was considering a new tax to fund a recycling program residents were randomly surveyed about whether they supported the tax the results are shown below in the conditional relative frequency table by column.

Answer 1

C) A resident in the group who supports the tax is likely to be male

Answer 2

The correct choice is:

A resident in the group who supports the tax is likely to be male.

Explanation:

The table is given by:

Support Against Total

Female 20% 74% 54%

Male 80% 27% 44%

Total 100% 100% 100%

Based on the table we observe that the of the people who supported the tax most of them are males.

Since the percent of males who supported tax are 80% which is more than the females who supported tax i.e. 20%.

Hence, the answer is: last option.