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The nationwide adults smoking rate is 17.5%. In a random sample of 4074 American adults, how many of these are likely to smoke? Round to the nearest integer.

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From the problem, 17.5% are smokers, in a random sample of 4074, the number of smokers will be the product of percentage and the random sample.


0.175*4074=712.95

The answer rounded to the nearest integer is 713

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