Question

a survey was conducted at a high school to study pet ownership in different grade levels. the data gathered is in the two - way table below:

	dog	cat	no pet	total
sophomore	5	7	4	16
junior	8	1	3	12
senior	2	3	6	11
total	18	14	18	50

based on this table, what is the relative frequency that a student is a freshman who has a cat? ?%
round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify relevant values

Number of freshmen with cat = 3, Total number of students = 50

Step2: Calculate relative frequency

Relative frequency = $\frac{3}{50} \times 100\%=6.00\%$

Answer:

6.00%