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A bicycle club conducted a survey to find out which city bicycle path was most popular. Sixty of the club’s 497 members were chosen at random and asked which bike path they liked the most. The club made a table of the results.

What inferences can be drawn from this survey?


Path Central Riverside Maple Park West Slope Total
Number of responses: 5 24 20 11 60


Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
About 24% of the club members like the Riverside path the most.

B.
About 33% of the club members like the Maple Park path the most.

C.
Maple Park is the path preferred by most club members.

D.
The Central path is preferred by the fewest club members.



Answer :

Correct answers include . . .B.) and D.)

A.  no . . . 24/60*100 = 40% not 24%
B.  yes . . . 20/60*100 = 33%
C.  no . . . the 24 votes for Riverside exceeds the 20 votes for Maple Park, so no, Maple Park is not the path preferred most by club members
D.  yes . . . 5 votes is the lowest of the four options, so yes, Central path is the least preferred


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