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Carl takes a random sample of 100 students in his school and finds that 72% of the sample prefers pizza over burgers there are 1,500 students in the school based on the sample proportion how many students in the school would be expected to prefer pizza over burgers \\\\ either 72,100,1080,1500

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it would be 1080

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Out of the 100 people in the sample, 72% said they preferred pizza. That 72% should be the same for the whole school.

1500 × .72 = 1080

about 1080 students in the school prefer pizza

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