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50 people are selected randomly from a certain population and it is found that 12 people in the sample are over 6 feet tall. What proportion of people in the population is not over 6 ft tall?
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50 people are selected randomly from a certain population and it is found that 12 people in the sample are over 6 feet tall. What proportion of people in the population is not over 6 ft tall?

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12 out of 50 are over 6 feet (12/50)
Therefore 38 are under 6 feet (38/50)

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