Question

thirty - four high school students were surveyed and asked how many siblings they have. the dotplot below displays the distribution of responses. what percent of students have fewer than 2 siblings? 9% 24% 26% 50%

Explanation:

Answer:

Count the number of dots for 0 and 1 siblings. There are 3 dots for 0 siblings and 14 dots for 1 sibling, so 3 + 14=17 students have fewer than 2 siblings. The percentage is \(\frac{17}{34}\times100\% = 50\%\). So the answer is 50%