pets : | bird | cat | dog | snake |frequency: | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |which of the following statments does NOT reflect the distribution of the data?a. one-fourth of the pets are catsb. snakes represent 10% of the pets on the farmc. the number of biirds and snakes on the farm make up 20% d. more than half of the pets on the farm are dogs

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Case: Interpreting from tables

The total number of pets is 20

Checking the options

Option A.

One-fourth of the pets are cats

[tex]\frac{1}{4}\times20=5\text{ }pets[/tex]

This is TRUE from the table

Option B

Snakes represent 10% of the pets on the farm

[tex]\begin{gathered} 10\%\times20 \\ \frac{10}{100}\times20=2\text{ }pets \end{gathered}[/tex]

This is FALSE from tables as there is only 1 snake

Option C

The number of biirds and snakes on the farm make up 20%

[tex]\begin{gathered} 20\%\times20 \\ \frac{20}{100}\times20=4\text{ }pets \end{gathered}[/tex]

This is TRUE from the table

Option D

More than half of the pets on the farm are dogs

[tex]\frac{1}{2}\times20=10\text{ }pets[/tex]

This is TRUE from the table