TABLE 12-11 Parents Complain That Children Read Too Few Storybooks and Watch

question 22

Multiple Choice

TABLE 12-11
Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks

-Referring to Table 12-11, how many children in the survey spent less than 2 hours watching TV and no more than 2 hours reading storybooks on average?

• A) 8
• B) 130
• C) 175
• D) 687

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