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Question 5 • TX-Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
In the US, the gear shift for a car with a manual transmission is on the right-hand side of the driver. Does this discourage those who are left-handed from driving a manual transmission car? To answer this question, several drivers were surveyed about their handedness and the type of transmission they have in their automobile. The results are displayed below.
Answer
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There was an equal number of left-handed people and right-handed people chosen for the survey.B
Right-handed people are much more likely to drive a manual transmission than left-handed people.C
Left-handed people are much more likely to drive an automatic transmission than right-handed people.D
The percentage of people for each transmission preference is relatively the same for left-handed and right-handed people.