Question

A research firm created a survey asking city residents about building a new city park. The firm will compile the results and create a report. The firm wants to compare the number of people who support the new park to the total number who completed the survey. Which type of calculated figure should the report contain?

A) a percentage
B) a sum
C) a grand total
D) a running sum

Answer 1

I would guess (A), if this is wrong I am very sorry

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A) a percentage

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the firm wants to show the proportion of the people who support the new park out of the total number of people who completed the survey, they must use a percentage or a fraction.

Usually percentages are used because a more standard answer can be given: for example, 230 positive answers out of 435 total answers can be represented as 230/435 = 46/87, or we could use 53%.