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 farmers with sandy soil prefer to grow carrots? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

(1 point)
Responses

54.5%
54.5%

70.6%
70.6%

41.7%
41.7%

120.0%

1 answer

To find the percentage chance that farmers with sandy soil prefer to grow carrots, we divide the number of farmers with sandy soil who grow carrots (120) by the total number of farmers (420), then multiply by 100 to get the percentage.

(120/420) * 100 = 0.2857 * 100 = 28.57%

Rounded to the nearest tenth, the percentage is 28.6%.

Therefore, the closest answer from the given options is: 41.7%