Question

Use the table to answer the question.

Food Preferences of Students Among Burgers, Pizza, Wings, and Tacos
Grade Burgers Pizza Wings Tacos Total
9 43 30 6 47 126
10 33 25 10 30 98
11 32 56 9 22 119
12 26 34 18 29 107
Total 134 145 43 128 450
The school administration surveyed the student body to see what type of food they would prefer to have at the picnic on the last day of school. Their responses are recorded in the table. According to the table, what is the probability that a randomly selected student is in 9th grade and chose pizza?

(1 point)
Responses

60%

60 percent

21%

21 percent

24%

24 percent

7%

Answer 1

There are 30 ninth-graders who chose pizza out of 450 students, so the probability is 30/450 = 1/15 ≈ 6.7%, which rounds to 7%.