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Suppose 48 out of 120 people like baseball. of all the people who like baseball, 3 out of 5 play baseball. if you ask 500 people how many would you expect to play baseball

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Number of people out of 500 who like baseball

= (48/120) * 500

= 2/5 * 500 = 200 people

Out of these 200 you would expect 3/5 * 200 = 120 to play baseball

Answer is 120 people.

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