Answer and Explanation
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is E
Explanation
Number of adults in the sample who spent less than $100 on food = total sample × percentage of less than $100 = 1014 × (8% + 14%) = 1014 × 0.22
Use the following information to answer question 41-43.
In 2012, pollsters for the Gallup Organization asked a random sample of 1,014 adults, "On the average, about how much does your family spend on food each week?" The table below lists the percent of the sample that gave each response. For example, approximately 21% of adults in the sample responded that, on average, they spend no less than $200 but no more than $299 on food each week.
41. Which of the following expressions is equal to the approximate number of adults from the sample that said they spend an average of less than $100 each week on food?