Jamie collected data from her classmates on their favorite make of car. based on the data, if 100 boys and 100 girls are given their choice of a car, which statement is true?

Option: A is the correct answer.

        More boys than girls prefer Dodge over Ford or Chevrolet.

The data is given as:

                           Boys       Girls

Ford                   18             25

Dodge                  17             18  

Chevrolet             11              13

Total                     46             56

A)

Probability of girls who prefer Dodge is: 18/56

So out of 100 girls the number of girls who prefer dodge is:18/56 ×100

Probability of boys who prefer Dodge is: 17/46

So out of 100 boys the number of boys who prefer dodge is:17/46 ×100

This means that the number of boys who prefer dodge are more than the number of girls who prefer dodge.

                        Hence, option: A is correct.

B)

Option: B is opposite of A and hence is incorrect.

C)

Probability of girls who prefer ford is: 25/56

So out of 100 girls the number of girls who prefer ford is:25/56 ×100

Probability of boys who prefer Ford is: 18/46

So out of 100 boys the number of boys who prefer ford is:18/46 ×100

This means that the number of girls who prefer ford are more than the number of boys who prefer ford.

             Hence, option: C is incorrect.

D)

Probability of girls who prefer Chevrolet is: 13/56

So out of 100 girls the number of girls who prefer Chevrolet is:13/56 ×100

Probability of boys who prefer Chevrolet is: 11/46

So out of 100 boys the number of boys who prefer Chevrolet is:11/46 ×100

This means that the number of boys who prefer Chevrolet are approximately equal to the girls who prefer Chevrolet.

                       Hence, option: D is incorrect.

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