Cherries Grapes North 120 125 South 25 75 Examine the data from a survey about the part of the state people are from and the fruit they prefer. If a person prefers cherries, what is the percentage chance that they are from the North? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
To find the percentage chance that a person who prefers cherries is from the North, we need to calculate the proportion of people from the North who prefer cherries out of the total number of people who prefer cherries.
From the given data, we can see that there are 120 people from the North who prefer cherries and 25 people from the South who prefer cherries. Therefore, the total number of people who prefer cherries is 120 + 25 = 145.
To find the percentage chance, we divide the number of people from the North who prefer cherries by the total number of people who prefer cherries, and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage:
(120 / 145) * 100 ≈ 82.8
Therefore, the percentage chance that a person who prefers cherries is from the North is approximately 82.8%.