Question

The table gives the information of boys and girls liking their favorite fruits. is likely to happen according to the given two way table.

• A. (1, A)
• B. (1, B)
• C. (2, B)
• D. (2, A)

Answer 1

The correct option is C (2, B)

An event is likely to happen when the probability of occuring that event is more than 0.5.

$\text{P(Event)}=\frac{\text{Number of times the event occurs}}{\text{Total number of trials}}$

For boys and apples:

$\text{P(Boys, Apple)}=\frac{25}{100}=0.25$

0.25 implies that boys don't like apples.

For boys and banana:

$\text{P(Boys, Banana)}=\frac{5}{100}=0.05$

0.05 implies that boys don't like bananas also.

For girls and apple:

$\text{P(Girls, Apple)}=\frac{15}{100}=0.15$

0.15 implies that girls don't like apples.

For girls and banana:

$\text{P(Girls, Banana)}=\frac{55}{100}=0.55$

0.55 implies that girls like bananas.

So, only (2, B) will happen according to the given values.