Question

From a jar of pennies, 1290 are drawn, marked, and returned to the jar. After mixing,

a sample of 200 pennies is drawn and it was noticed that 50 were marked. Use this
information to predict how many pennies are in the jar.
od to the pain after mising
a) 1,490
b) 258,000
c) 5,160

Answer 1

c) 5,160

Explanation:

If from a jar of pennies, 1290 are drawn, marked, and returned to the jar and after mixing, a sample of 200 pennies is drawn and it was noticed that 50 were marked. Based on the given information there are 5,160 pennies in the jar.

1290 pennies are drawn and returned to the jar.

200 pennies were drawn.

50 pennies were marked.

1,490 is not enough.

258,000 is way too much.

5,160 makes sense.