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Hurry........plz asap The owner of a bookstore predicts that over 50% of the books she sells each week are fiction books. To test this prediction, the owner randomly selects 150 books out of the total number of books sold for a week and records the type of each book. The table shows the results of samples taken for 2 separate weeks.

Based on these samples, is the owner's prediction correct? Select from the drop-down menus to correctly answer the question.

The owner's prediction is Correct/Not Correct . Based on the samples,
about 17% of the books sold each week are fiction books.
35%
53%
70%

Hurry........plz asap The owner of a bookstore predicts that over 50% of the books-example-1

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not correct and 35% for the answers
User Egor Egorov
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Answer:

  • The owner's prediction is Not Correct .
  • . Based on the samples, about 35% of the books sold each week are fiction books.

Explanation:

The owner of a bookstore predicts that over 50% of the books she sells each week are fiction books.

Based on the table of randomly selected sample we see that in week 1 there are 50 fiction books out of total 150 books.

so, the percentage of fiction books are:


(50)/(150)* 100\\\\=33.33\%

Similarly in the second week i.e. week 2 the number of fiction books are 55 out of 150 books so, the percentage of fiction books in week 2 are:


(55)/(150)* 100\\\\=36.66\%

Hence,

  • The owner's prediction is Not Correct .
  • . Based on the samples, about 35% of the books sold each week are fiction books.
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