The Following Table Presents the Number of New Cases of an Emerging

question 9

Multiple Choice

The following table presents the number of new cases of an emerging infectious disease. What is the relative frequency of the 2017 cases?
$\begin{array}{|r|r|}\hline{\text { Date }} &{\begin{array}{l}\text { New } \\\text { Cases }\end{array}} \\\hline 2014 & 5 \\\hline 2015 & 29 \\\hline 2016 & 80 \\\hline 2017 & 117 \\\hline 2018 & 58 \\\hline\end{array}$

• A) 40.5%
• B) 117
• C) 231/289
• D) 54%

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