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A taxi agency collected data from a random sample of 600 people in their city asking whether or not they own a car. Based on the results, they report that 44% of the people in the state own a car. Why is this statistic misleading

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first of all 44% of 600 people is equal to 264 .

the statistics is misleading because 264 people can't unless the taxi angecy included themselves

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