Question

Students were surveyed about their preference between dogs and cats. The following two-way table displays data for the sample of students who responded to the survey.
Approximately what percent of students in the sample were male?
Round your answer to the nearest percent.

%
Preference Male Female TOTAL
Prefers dogs 36 20 56
Prefers cats 10 26 36
No preference 2 6 8
TOTAL 48 52 100

Answer 1

48/100=48%
To find the answer, you would put the total number of boys over the total number of kids who responded to the survey since the question wanted to know what percentage of all the kids were boys. Since the denominator is already 100, we can immediately say that the numerator, or 48, is the percentage of boys who took the survey. The other 52% of the kids were the girls who responded to the survey.

Answer 2

The percentage of students in the sample were male is 48%.

Given that

Students were surveyed about their preference between dogs and cats.

The following two-way table displays data for the sample of students who responded to the survey.

We have to determine

What percent of students in the sample were male?

According to the question

Preference  Male  Female  TOTAL

Prefers dogs 36 20 56

Prefers cats 10 26 36

No preference 2 6 8

TOTAL 48 52 100

The number of males in the sample is determined by the total number of students who are a male divided total number of students.

$\rm Sample \ male = \dfrac{Number \ of \ male \ students }{Total \ number \ of \ stiudents}$

The total number of students is 100.

The number of students who are male is 48.

Then,

$\rm Sample \ male = \dfrac{Number \ of \ male \ students }{Total \ number \ of \ stiudents}\\ \\ \rm Sample \ male = \dfrac{48}{100}\\ \\ Sample \ male = 0.48$

Therefore,

The percent of students in the sample were male is,

= 0.48 × 100 = 48%

Hence, The percentage of students in the sample were male is 48%.

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