Researchers asked

Question

100
families whether or not they were homeowners and how many cars they had. Their responses are summarized in the following table.
No car or one car Two or more cars
Homeowner 8 37
Not a homeowner 20 35
(a) What percentage of the families are homeowners?
%


(b) What percentage of the families have two or more cars?
%

Answer 1

(a) Percentage of homeowners = (number of homeowners / total number of families) x 100 = ((8+37) / 100) x 100 = 45%

(b) Percentage of families with two or more cars = ((37+35) / 100) x 100 = 72%