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Ms. Stewart teaches three science classes. Her students are freshmen and sophomores. Her student data are shown in the relative frequency table.

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline & Biology & Chemistry & \begin{tabular}{c}
Physical \\
Science
\end{tabular} & Total \\
\hline Freshman & 0.15 & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.45 \\
\hline Sophomore & 0.2 & 0.25 & 0.1 & 0.55 \\
\hline Total & 0.35 & 0.35 & 0.3 & 1.0 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Which statement is false?
A. [tex]$30\%$[/tex] of her students are in physical science.
B. [tex]$35\%$[/tex] of her students are in biology.
C. [tex]$25\%$[/tex] of her students are in chemistry.
D. [tex]$45\%$[/tex] of her students are freshmen.


Sagot :

Let's analyze each statement based on the given relative frequency table to determine which one is false.

We have the following table for Ms. Stewart's students:

[tex]\[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \text{Biology} & \text{Chemistry} & \text{Physical Science} & \text{Total} \\ \hline \text{Freshmen} & 0.15 & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.45 \\ \hline \text{Sophomores} & 0.2 & 0.25 & 0.1 & 0.55 \\ \hline \text{Total} & 0.35 & 0.35 & 0.3 & 1.0 \\ \hline \end{array} \][/tex]

Now, let's check each of the statements:

Statement A: [tex]\(30\% \)[/tex] of her students are in physical science.

From the table, we see that [tex]\[ \text{Total (Physical Science)} = 0.3, \][/tex]
which corresponds to [tex]\(30\% \)[/tex].

This statement is true.

Statement B: [tex]\(35\% \)[/tex] of her students are in biology.

From the table, we see that [tex]\[ \text{Total (Biology)} = 0.35, \][/tex]
which corresponds to [tex]\(35\% \)[/tex].

This statement is true.

Statement C: [tex]\(25\% \)[/tex] of her students are in chemistry.

From the table, we see that [tex]\[ \text{Total (Chemistry)} = 0.35, \][/tex]
which corresponds to [tex]\(35\% \)[/tex], not [tex]\(25\% \)[/tex].

This statement is false.

Statement D: [tex]\(45\% \)[/tex] of her students are freshmen.

From the table, we see that [tex]\[ \text{Total (Freshmen)} = 0.45, \][/tex]
which corresponds to [tex]\(45\% \)[/tex].

This statement is true.

Therefore, the false statement is:

C. 25% of her students are in chemistry.