Question

Andrew surveyed students in his school. The results are shown above.

One student will be picked at random. Based on the given information, which statement is true.

1 The students favorite subject is 4 times as likely to be History as it to be Science.
2 The students favorite subject is equally likely to be either Math or History.
3 The students favorite subject is twice as likely o be Science as it is to be Language Arts.

Answer 1

Statement 1 is true
There are 16 students who favor history while only 4 students favor science. The student's favorite subject will is
`16/4=4` times as likely to be history than science.