Question

the manager of a pizzeria collected data from customers on whether they prefer cheese, veggie, or pepperoni pizza and whether they prefer thin or regular crust pizza. the two - way table below shows the data collected.

	cheese	veggie	pepperoni	total
regular	21	14	59	94
total	58	56	86	200

which association does the two - way table suggest?
a. those who prefer thin crust pizza tend to prefer pepperoni pizza.
b. those who prefer regular crust pizza tend to prefer pepperoni pizza.
c. none of the associations listed are correct.
d. those who prefer regular crust pizza tend to prefer cheese pizza.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze thin - crust preferences

For thin - crust pizza, the number of people who prefer pepperoni is 27 out of 106 thin - crust pizza lovers. The number of people who prefer cheese is 37 and for veggie is 42. So, thin - crust lovers don't tend to prefer pepperoni.

Step2: Analyze regular - crust preferences

For regular - crust pizza, the number of people who prefer pepperoni is 59 out of 94 regular - crust pizza lovers. The number of people who prefer cheese is 21 and for veggie is 14. Since 59 is the highest among the three for regular - crust, those who prefer regular - crust pizza tend to prefer pepperoni pizza.

Step3: Analyze option D

For regular - crust pizza, the number of people who prefer cheese is 21, which is less than the number of people who prefer pepperoni (59). So, regular - crust lovers don't tend to prefer cheese.

Answer:

B. Those who prefer regular crust pizza tend to prefer pepperoni pizza.