Question

Luke surveyed five classes at Cedar Elementary about whether they preferred soccer or basketball. The table shows the number of students that choose each sport or had no preference. Class Prefer Soccer Prefer Basketball Ms. Yurso. 14. 8Ms. Handley 12 7Mr. Zhou. 8. 10Ms. Terrell. 15. 7Ms. Vernon 11. 8 No preference 23456Only considering the students that had a preference, which ratio compares the students that prefer soccer to the students that prefer basketball?A. 1:1B. 1:2C. 2:1D. 2:3E. 3:2F. 3:4

Answer 1

You have to calculate the ratio between students that prefer soccer and the students that prefer basketball

First step is to determine the totalnumber of students that prefer either sport:

Soccer:

`14+12+8+15+11=60`

Basketball:

`8+7+10+7+8=40`

Next is to calculate the ratio by dividing both.

Ratio Soccer/Basketball

`(60)/(40)=(3)/(2)`

The ratio of soccer/basketball preference between students is

`3\colon2`

Correct choice is E.