Question

The two-way table below shows the survey results when students ofdiffering educational standing were asked whether they had made aclothing purchase in the last two weeks.

Answer 1

Given

To find:

The proportion of the graduation students have not purchased clothing for the last two weeks.

Explanation:

Let x be the proportion of graduation students who have not purchased clothing for the last two weeks.

That implies,

$\begin{gathered} x=\frac{12}{30+12} \\ x=\frac{12}{42} \\ x=\frac{2}{7} \\ x=0.2857 \\ x=0.29 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the proportion is 0.29.