Use the table to answer the question.
Carrots Peppers Totals
Sandy Soil 120 50 170
Rocky Soil 100 150 250
Totals 220 200 420
Examine the data from a survey of farmers about their different soil types and the crops they prefer to grow. Using relative frequencies, what is the percentage chance that if a farmer prefers to grow carrots they have rocky soil? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Responses
A. 100.0%
100.0%
B. 45.5%
45.5%
C. 40.0%
40.0%
D. 83.3%
83.3%
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D. 83.3% (150 out of 180 farmers who prefer to grow carrots have rocky soil, which is 83.3% of the total)
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