Question

Given the two-way relative frequency table below, which of the following statements is correct?

Answer 1

Answer: B "The season of summer was chosen by a larger percentage of females than males." is the correct statement .

Explanation:

Given a two way relative frequency table in which people surveyed to choose their favorite season.

Option B says "The season of summer was chosen by a larger percentage of females than males." is the correct statement which is correct as percentage of man choosing summer is 16% and female is 24% and 24>16 so the option B is correct.

Answer 2

Let's check each option

Option A
The percentage of people choosing winter as their favorite season is
`(0.2)/(1)` which equals to
`(20)/(100)=20`%

The percentage of the other seasons are
Autumn = 24%
Spring = 16%
Summer = 40%

Option A is incorrect
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Option B
Out of the summer season, there are 24% female and 16% male

Option B is correct
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Option C
As explained for option A, the percentage of people who choose Autumn is 24% which isn't the smallest percentage.

Option C is incorrect
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Option D
There's 14% males and 10% female who choose Autumn as their favorite season.

Option D is incorrect since there's more male than the female who choose Autumn.

Answer: Option B