Question

berkeley central high school, a survey was conducted to see if students preferred cheeseburgers, pizza, or hot dogs for lunch. the results of this survey are shown in the table below.

	cheeseburgers	pizza	hot dogs
males	36	30	34

based on this survey, what percent of the students preferred pizza? (1) 30 (2) 37 (3) 44 (4) 74

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of students

$32 + 44+24 + 36+30 + 34=200$

Step2: Calculate number of students who prefer pizza

$44 + 30=74$

Step3: Calculate percentage of students who prefer pizza

$\frac{74}{200}\times100\% = 37\%$

Answer:

(2) 37