Question

given the two - way frequency table below, what percent of those surveyed were males who drove a sports car?

	male	female	totals
sport utility vehicle (suv)	21/240 = 0.09	135/240 = 0.56	156/240 = 0.65
totals	60/240 = 0.25	180/240 = 0.75	240/240 = 1.00

16% 19% 39% 9%

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the relevant data

We want to find the percent of males who drove a sports car. The number of males who drove a sports car is 39 and the total number of males is 240.

Step2: Calculate the percentage

The formula for percentage is $\frac{\text{part}}{\text{whole}}\times100\%$. So we have $\frac{39}{240}\times 100\%$.
$39\div240 = 0.1625$, and $0.1625\times100\%=16.25\%\approx16\%$.

Answer:

16%