Question

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Mia surveys a random sample of 260 students from her middle school to learn what type of school lunch is preferred. The table below shows the result of the survey:


Lunch Type Sandwich Hot Dog Salad
Number of students 122 15 123


Which of the following inferences can be made based on the data?
A sandwich is the most preferred lunch.
Sandwiches and salads are almost equally preferred.
A hot dog is two times more popular than sandwich.
A salad is almost two times more popular than a hot dog.

Answer 1

the answer is the second one

Answer 2

The correct answer is "Sandwiches and salads are almost equally preferred."

Explanation:

From the survey, we get

122 students prefers Sandwich

15 students prefers Hot Dog

123 students prefers Salad

We are going to analyse every option

A sandwich is the most preferred lunch. FALSE

Most preferred lunch is Salad (123) , sandwich is 122

Sandwiches and salads are almost equally preferred. TRUE

A hot dog is two times more popular than sandwich. FALSE

No, hot dog is 15 , and sandwich is 122, sandwich is more popular than hot dog

A salad is almost two times more popular than a hot dog. FALSE

No, hot dog is just 15 , and salad 123 more than 8 times hot dog