Carl takes a random sample of 100 students in his school and finds that 72% of the sample prefers pizza over burgers. there are 1,500 students in the school. based on the sample proportion, how many students in the school would be expected to prefer pizza over burgers? a. 72 b. 100 c. 1,080 d. 1,500

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Blaine Rodgers

11 February, 06:51

Carl takes a random sample of 100 students in his school and finds that 72% of the sample prefers pizza over burgers. there are 1,500 students in the school. based on the sample proportion, how many students in the school would be expected to prefer pizza over burgers? a. 72 b. 100 c. 1,080 d. 1,500

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Princess Pineda · Answer 1

For every 100 students, 72 prefer pizza.

The are 15 groups of 100 students each amongst 1500 students;

The total number of students preferring pizza then is;

15*72 = 1080