Answer:
In Grade 8, 17% of students like running.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's do process of elimination.
For the first choice, we have that In Grade 8, 14 students liked swimming. This is wrong because based on the two-way frequency table, we are dealing with decimals, which can written as percentages. Also, you can't have 0.14 of a person.
Therefore, the first choice is incorrect.
Now for the third choice. The statement is that in Grade 9, 31 percent of students liked volleyball. Okay, so we have a percentage this time. That is a good thing, but we have to know what this percentage means. This answer is incorrect because 31 percent goes with the column of running, not volleyball. It would also be a marginal frequency as well. The 31 percent actually means that 31 percent of all students in both grades liked running. In other words, a total of 31 percent of students in both 8th and 9th grade liked running.
Therefore, the third choice is incorrect.
For the last choice. The statement is 22 students like volleyball. Just like the first choice, we are dealing with percentages, not people.
Therefore, the last choice is incorrect.
Now for the second choice. We are given that in Grade 8, 17 percent of students liked running. We have a percentage, so that is good. This choice is correct because if you were to go to Grade 8 and running. Draw some lines down. You do get to 17 percent. This 17 percent means that 17 percent of students did actually like running. It also means that out of all 8th graders, 17 percent enjoyed running.
Therefore, the second choice is correct.
Hope this helps! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
