Clare owns the local garden store, Plentiful Plants. She wants to add more plants to the nursery section, so she asked her customers whether they prefer annuals or perennials. This table shows the results.

Question

Annuals Perennials Total
Men 22 5 27
Women 6 27 33
Total 28 32 60
What percentage of the men surveyed prefer annuals? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Answer 1

To find the percentage of men who prefer annuals, we can use the following formula:

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{Number of men who prefer annuals}}{\text{Total number of men surveyed}}\right) \times 100 \]

From the table provided:

• The number of men who prefer annuals = 22
• The total number of men surveyed = 27

Now we can calculate the percentage:

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{22}{27}\right) \times 100 \]

Calculating that:

\[ \frac{22}{27} \approx 0.8148 \]

Now, multiplying by 100 to convert to a percentage:

\[ 0.8148 \times 100 \approx 81.48 \]

Rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent, we get:

\[ \text{Percentage} \approx 81.5% \]

Thus, the percentage of the men surveyed who prefer annuals is 81.5%.