Answer:
B and C
Step-by-step explanation:
A general way to know this is, if the answer can be given as a rate, percentage, or probability, then this is a statistical question
If the answer is yes, no, true, false, or something exact, then the question is not statistical.
Let's analyze the given questions:
a) "How many cups are in a gallon?"
There is an exact number of cups in a gallon (16) so this is not an staistical question.
b) "Which measure spoon do home backers use most frequently?"
While here the answer may be something like "teaspoon", the root of the answer is a percentage, here we actually would see the percent of home backers (so we need to find a sample, study that sample, etc) that use each spoon, and based on that, we could conclude what is the correct answer, then this is a statistical question.
c) "On average, how much salt do professional pastry chefs use in pie crust?"
Here we need to find a mean value, so we would need to do a survey and etc, then this is a statistical question.
d) "Which is larger, 17 ounces or 2 cups?"
Here we have an exact solution, so this is not a statistical question.
e) "Did a specific store sell more measuring cups or measuring spoons on a given day?"
Here we just need to compare the two numbers:
number of measuring cups sold = k
number of measuring spoons sold = m
And we need to see which one is larger, so the answer is exact, thus, this is not a statistical question.
This may be similar to option B, the difference is that in option B we are talking about all home backers, so we need to find a sample and do statistics, while in this case, we are talking about a specific store.
Then the correct options are: B and C
