Question

A rancher is concerned that her supplier is not providing the correct percentage of grain in the monthly delivery of cattle feed. To check the latest delivery, she removes a five-gallon bucket of feed from each of the 10 one-ton containers and calculates the percentage of grain in each. What is the population in this scenario? What is the sample in this scenario?

Answer 1

The population: the 10 tons of cattle feed

The sample: the 10 five-gallon buckets of feed

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The population in this scenario is the set of one-ton containers of cattle feed, with a size of 10. The sample is the five-gallon bucket of feed removed from each of the 10 containers, with a size of 10.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this scenario, the population refers to the entire set of one-ton containers of cattle feed. There are 10 one-ton containers, so the population size is 10.

The sample, on the other hand, is the five-gallon bucket of feed removed from each of the 10 one-ton containers. There are 10 buckets in the sample.