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A newspaper wants to survey 1 out of every 100 people of voting age in a local community. The community has 38,592 people of voting age. How many people should the newspaper survey? a. about 386 people
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A newspaper wants to survey 1 out of every 100 people of voting age in a local community. The community has 38,592 people of voting age. How many people should the newspaper survey?

a.
about 386 people
c.
about 516 people
b.
about 400 people
d.
about 937 people

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The answer would be a. about 386. Divide  the population 38,592 by 100 to get 385.92, but because we are talking about people you cannot have a partial person, so you round to the nearest whole number which is 386.
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