Use the table to answer the question.
Carrots Peppers Totals
Sandy Soil 120 50 170
Rocky Soil 100 150 250
Totals 220 200 420
Examine the data from a survey of farmers about their different soil types and the crops they prefer to grow. Using relative frequencies, what is the percentage chance that farmers with sandy soil prefer to grow carrots? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
(1 point)
Responses
54.5%
41.7%
70.6%
120.0%
To find the percentage chance that farmers with sandy soil prefer to grow carrots, we need to compare the number of farmers growing carrots in sandy soil to the total number of farmers surveyed.
The number of farmers with sandy soil preferring to grow carrots is 120.
The total number of farmers surveyed is 420.
So, the relative frequency (percentage chance) is calculated as:
(120/420) x 100% = 28.6%
Rounded to the nearest tenth, the percentage chance that farmers with sandy soil prefer to grow carrots is 30.0%.