In a class of students each child was asked to name the fruit he or she liked the most

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Problem

In a class of 4040 students each child was asked to name the fruit he or she liked the most. The teacher obtained the following counts: Apple – 1212, Mango – 99, Banana – 1111, Orange – 88. Attempt the questions below: (i) Present the above information in the form of a frequency table showing the number of students for each fruit. (ii) One student is chosen at random from the class. Find the probability that the student’s favourite fruit is Banana. (iii) Determine the probability that the favourite fruit of the chosen student is Mango or Orange.

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