Question

Valeria conducted a survey at the local mall. She

sat and counted 50 people exiting the mall and
noted how many of them were carrying bags of
things they purchased. Using this information,
predict how many of the 4,800 visitors to the
mall on this day purchased something.
With Bag
37
Without Bag
13

Answer 1

We can use the proportion of people carrying bags from the sample of 50 people to estimate the number of visitors who purchased something out of the total 4,800 visitors to the mall.

The proportion of people carrying bags in the sample is:

37/50 = 0.74

This means that 74% of the sample of 50 people were carrying bags.

To estimate the number of visitors who purchased something out of the total 4,800 visitors, we can multiply the proportion by the total number of visitors:

0.74 x 4,800 = 3,552

Therefore, we can predict that approximately 3,552 visitors out of the total 4,800 visitors purchased something on that day.