Jillian Wright

Mathematics

29 July, 22:13

The chart below shows the distribution of the number of books in a library.

Sahira chooses a random sample from the library and records the type of books in the chart below. Type of Book Number Fantasy 10 Literature 25 Children's 4 Nonfiction 11 Which explains whether or not Sahira's sample is representative?

A. No, it is not representative because literature books were chosen much more often than the other types.

B. Yes, it is representative because each type of book was chosen a unique number of times.

C. Yes, it is representative because each type of book was represented in the approximate proportion that exists in the library.

D. Yes, it is representative because each type of book was selected as part of the sample.