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4 October, 12:47

In a recent survey, 40 percent indicated chocolate was their favorite flavor of ice cream. Suppose we select a sample of twelve people and ask them to name their favorite flavor of ice cream. a. How many of those in the sample would you expect to name chocolate?

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  1. 4 October, 13:08
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    4 people name chocolate

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Let's first understand the given information.

    The survey shows that 40 percent of a finite number of people name chocolate as their favorite flavor of ice cream. Because the survey is reporting a percentage, then 40% means that from 100 people 40 people name chocolate, while the others name a different type of flavor.

    Dividing the total of people (100) by the ones who name chocolate (40) then we have:

    100/40 = 2.5

    Through the above equation we are actually expressing the following:

    Total people = 2.5 * (people who name chocolate flavor)

    Using this equation if we have now 12 people:

    12 = 2.5 * (people who name chocolate flavor)

    12/2.5 = (people who name chocolate flavor)

    4.8 = people who chose chocolate flavor

    Because we can't have 0.8 of a person, then if we have a sample of 12 people, we will expect that 4 of them name chocolate.
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