The table represents a sample survey of favorite gum flavor of high school students, ages 14-17. What is the estimated population proportion of the most preferred gum flavor from this sample? A) 0.17 B) 0.21 C) 0.26 D) 0.36
The answer is D) 0.36. The most preferred gum flavor is spearmint, which had 90 votes, and the total amount of students surveyed is 250. Then, do 90/250, which is 0.36 to find the answer. Hope this helps. By the way, took the test and got it right.