Question

The table shows the number of college students who prefer a given pizza topping. Find the empirical probability that a randomly selected junior prefers meat toppings.

A) 0.323
B) 0.174
C) 0.059
D) 0.231

Answer 1

Without the data table showing junior students' preferences for pizza toppings, it's not possible to calculate the empirical probability that a randomly selected junior prefers meat toppings. The data is required to perform the calculation.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the empirical probability that a randomly selected junior prefers meat toppings, you would calculate the ratio of juniors who prefer meat toppings to the total number of juniors sampled. The empirical probability is the frequency of the event occurring divided by the total number of trials.

Unfortunately, without the data table that presumably contains the number of juniors and their pizza topping preferences, it is impossible to compute the empirical probability. That data is necessary to perform the calculation and to select the correct answer among the options provided (A) 0.323, (B) 0.174, (C) 0.059, (D) 0.231.

Once the data from the table is available, the calculation is straightforward:

1. Count the number of juniors who prefer meat toppings.
2. Count the total number of juniors.
3. Divide the number of meat-topping-prefering juniors by the total number of juniors to get the empirical probability.