A random sample of 1200 U.S. college students was asked, "What is your perception of your own body? Do you feel that you are overweight, underweight, or about right?" The two-way table summarizes the data on perceived body image by gender. GenderBody image Female Male Total About right 560295855 Overwerght 16372235 Underweight 3773110 Total 7604401200 What percent of respondents feel that their body weight is about right?

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A random sample of 1200 U.S. college students was asked, &quot;What is your perception of your own body? Do you feel that you are overweight, underweight, or about right?&quot; The two-way table summarizes the data on perceived body image by gender. GenderBody image Female  Male  Total  About right 560295855 Overwerght 16372235 Underweight 3773110 Total 7604401200  What percent of respondents feel that their body weight is about right?

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The study includes 1200 U.S. college students.                  Female    Male   Total  About right       560      295     855  Overweight        163       72     235  Underweight        37       73     110  Total             760      440    1200  We then note that 72 of the 1200 US, college students are males who feel they are overweight (as 72 is mentioned in the row &quot;&quot;Overweight” and in the column ”Male” of the table) and 73 of the 1200 U.S. college students are males who feel they are underweight (as 73 is mentioned in the row Underweight” and in the column ”Male” of the table).  8551200=5780=0.7125=71.25%  Thus 71.25% of the respondents feel that their body weight is about right.

A random sample of 1200 U.S. college students was asked, "What is your perception of your own body? Do you feel that you are overweight, underweight,

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