Question

During a 5-year period, 2,500 babies were born in Springfield. The graph below shows the distribution of the number of babies born per year. A certain percentage of the total number of 2,500 babies was born in 2002. Which of the following is closest to that percentage?

Answer 1

2002 saw 800 births, roughly 32% of total. Closest answer: 30%. Option E is the right choice.

The graph shows the distribution of the number of babies born per year in Springfield over a 5-year period. In total, 2,500 babies were born. We want to know what percentage of that number were born in 2002.

Visually, we can estimate that around 800 babies were born in 2002. This is because the bar for 2002 is the second tallest in the graph, and it's roughly the same height as a quarter of the entire graph.

If we calculate the actual percentage, we get:

Number of babies born in 2002 / Total number of babies born * 100%

= 800 babies / 2,500 babies * 100%

= 0.32 * 100%

= 32%

The closest answer choice to 32% is 30%. Option E is the right choice.