Question

The data show the times (in minutes) spent fishing before getting a bite. 12, 25, 28, 20, 18, 16, 22, 30 What fraction of the times are less than or equal to 17 minutes?

Answer 1

1/4

Explanation:

Firstly, we need the numbers that are less than or equal to 17 minutes

These numbers from the data set are;

12 and 16

The count of numbers is;

8

so the fraction we need is simply 2/8

and that is 1/4