Question

Consider the graph of Nintendo Switch owners in each city.

City Number of Owners Total Population
Indianapolis, IN 672 860,902
Reno, NV 220 247,680
Sacramento, CA 379 495,234
Columbus, OH 492 880,182
Tampa, FL 196 377,165
If Indianapolis had the same number of Nintendo Switch owners as Reno per capita, how many Nintendo Switch owners would Indianapolis expect to have? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number)

Answer 1

To find out how many Nintendo Switch owners Indianapolis would expect to have if it had the same number of owners per capita as Reno, we need to calculate the per capita proportion of owners in Reno and apply that to Indianapolis.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many Nintendo Switch owners Indianapolis would expect to have if it had the same number of owners per capita as Reno, we need to calculate the per capita proportion of owners in Reno and apply that to Indianapolis. First, we calculate the per capita proportion of owners in Reno by dividing the number of owners by the total population: 220 / 247,680 = 0.000888. Now, we multiply this proportion by the total population of Indianapolis to find the expected number of owners in Indianapolis: 0.000888 * 860,902 = 764 (rounded to the nearest whole number). Therefore, Indianapolis would expect to have approximately 764 Nintendo Switch owners.