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 7 10 9 7 6 39
21-34 5 9 10 7 5 36
35-54 7 6 10 10 8 41
55 and older 9 5 6 9 5 34
Total 28 30 35 33 24 150

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

1 answer

To find the percentage of people between the ages of 21 and 34 who prefer football, we need to consider the number of individuals who prefer football in that age group and divide it by the total number of respondents in that same age group.

From the table, for the 21-34 age group, the number of people who prefer football is 9.

The total number of people in the 21-34 age group is 36.

Now, we can calculate the percentage:

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

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{9}{36} \right) \times 100 \]

\[ \text{Percentage} = 0.25 \times 100 = 25 \]

Therefore, the percentage of people between the ages of 21 and 34 who prefer football is 25%.