Carrots, peppers. total
Sandy soil 120. 50. 170
Rocky soil. 100. 150. 250
Total. 220. 200. 420
Examine the data from a survey of farmers about their different soil types in their crops that prefer to grow using relative frequencies what is the percentage chance that farmers with Sandy soil preferred to grow carrots round your answer to the nearest 10th?
To find the percentage chance that farmers with Sandy soil preferred to grow carrots, we need to divide the number of carrots grown in Sandy soil (120) by the total number of crops grown in Sandy soil (170), then multiply by 100 to get the percentage.
Percentage chance = (carrots in Sandy soil / total crops in Sandy soil) * 100
Percentage chance = (120 / 170) * 100
Percentage chance = 0.7059 * 100
Percentage chance ≈ 70.6%
Therefore, the percentage chance that farmers with Sandy soil preferred to grow carrots is approximately 70.6%.