Question

A poll is conducted in US to know the participation of people in elections. The table below shows the details of the poll

	Voted	Did not vote	No Response	Total
18-to 34-year-olds	30,329	23,211	9,468	63,008
35-to 54-year-olds	47,085	17,721	9,476	74,282
55-to 74-year-olds	43,075	10,092	6,831	59,998
People 75 years old and over	12,459	3,508	1,827	17,794
Total	132,948	54,532	27,602	215,082

Find the age group for which greatest percentage of people report that they had voted?

• A. $18$ to $34$ -year-olds
• B. $35$ to $54$ -year-olds
• C. $55$ to $74$ -year-olds
• D. People $75$ years old and over

Answer 1

The correct option is C $55$ to $74$ -year-olds

The question is asking for the age group with the largest percentage of self-reported voters.
percentage of self-reported voters for different age groups:
$18-34$ year olds: $\frac{30329}{63008}\times 100=48.1$
$35-54$ year olds: $\frac{47085}{74282}\times 100=63.4$
$55-74$ year olds: $\frac{43075}{59998}\times 100=71.8$
$75$ years old and over: $\frac{12459}{17794}\times 100=70$
Hence, choice C is correct.