There are 1,500 apples in a cold storage room. Some are green apples, and the rest are red apples. The manager of the cold storage facility wants to estimate the number of green apples in the room. He takes a random sample of 20 apples and records the number of green apples. He repeats this 15 times and records the data as shown.

Percentage of Green Apples

in a Sample Number of Times Percentage

Occurred

25% 1

35% 2

40% 3

45% 3

50% 3

55% 1

60% 2

Total 15

The dot plot for the data is shown.

From the data, what is the best prediction for the percentage of green apples in the room?

A.

The percentage of green apples in the room is 40%.

B.

The percentage of green apples in the room is 60%.

C.

The percentage of green apples in the room is 45%.

D.

The percentage of green apples in the room is 50%.