A survey determined that of the seventh grade students at Mills Middle School preferred round chocolate candies to hard candy. When Jennifer duplicated the survey, of the students changed their preference from chocolate candy to hard candy. What fraction of the students in the second survey preferred round chocolate candy?
A. 9/17

B. 18/289

C. 3/17

The westins and the shermans live in the same city and pay the same sales tax rate, and both families made $14,000 in taxable purchases last year. if the westins made $86,000 and the shermans made $33,000 last year, is the sales tax in their city an example of a regressive tax? yes, because the westins and the shermans both paid the same sales tax rate. b. no, because the shermans paid a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than the westins did. c. no, because the westins and the shermans both paid the same sales tax rate. d. yes, because the shermans paid a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than the westins did.