Question

A random sample of people were surveyed on their favorite sport, as shown in the table below sorted by the respondent’s age.
Favorite Sport
Age Basketball Football Soccer Baseball Other/Hate Sports Total
under 21 5 9 10 9 8 41
21-34 6 9 9 9 8 41
35-54 6 6 10 7 5 34
55 and older 10 5 6 5 6 32
Total 27 29 35 30 27 148

What percent of the people between the ages of 21 and 34 prefer football? Round your answer to the nearest whole number percent.

Answer 1

To find the percentage of people between the ages of 21 and 34 who prefer football, we can use the data provided in the table.

From the table, the number of respondents aged 21-34 who prefer football is 9.

The total number of respondents in the 21-34 age group is 41.

We calculate the percentage as follows:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{Number of football preferrers}}{\text{Total number in age group}}\right) \times 100
\]

Substituting in the values:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{9}{41}\right) \times 100 \approx 21.95
\]

Rounding this to the nearest whole number gives us:

\[
\text{Percentage} \approx 22\%
\]

Therefore, approximately 22% of the people between the ages of 21 and 34 prefer football.