Instruction 15-4
Parents Complain That Children Read Too Few Storybooks

question 95

Multiple Choice

Instruction 15-4
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.
| Average time spent reading story books |
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { l } \text { average time spent } \\\text { watching TV }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Less than } \\1 \text { hour }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Between } \\1 \text { and 2 hours }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { More than } \\2 \text { hours }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Less than } 2 \text { hours } & 90 & 85 & 130 \\\hline \text { More than 2 hours } & 655 & 32 & 8 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 15-4,how many children in the survey spent less than 2 hours watching TV and no more than 2 hours reading storybooks on average?

• A) 687
• B) 175
• C) 8
• D) 130

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