Question

One thousand families were surveyed to

determine the distribution of families by size. The
results follow.
Family Size 2
3
4
5 6 7 8
Frequency
350
200 245 125
66
10
To the nearest percent, the probability that a given
family has 3 people is [? ]%.

Answer 1

Explanation:

probability of an event: number of events that satisfy the criteria/ total number of events

number of events that satisfy the criteria (in this case the number of families with three people)= 200

total number of events= 1000

200/1000= 20%