Question

A school has 800 students. The staff plans to order a bag for each student. They ask 120 randomly selected students which color bag they prefer. Based on this sample, how many bags of each color should the staff order? Show your work.

Blue 48
Black 54
Gray 18

Answer 1

Therefore, the staff should order 320 blue bags, 360 black bags, and 120 gray bags.

Explanation:

To determine how many bags of each color to order, we need to estimate the proportion of students who prefer each color based on the sample of 120 students. We can then use these proportions to predict the number of bags of each color needed for all 800 students. Here's how we can do it:

Determine the number of students in the sample who prefer each color:

Let B be the number of students who prefer blue

Let K be the number of students who prefer black

Let G be the number of students who prefer gray

Based on the sample of 120 students, we know:

B + K + G = 120

Estimate the proportion of students who prefer each color:

The proportion of students who prefer each color in the sample is:

p(B) = B/120

p(K) = K/120

p(G) = G/120

Predict the number of bags of each color needed for all 800 students:

The predicted number of bags of each color needed for all 800 students is:

Bags of blue = p(B) * 800

Bags of black = p(K) * 800

Bags of gray = p(G) * 800

So, using the sample results, we get:

Bags of blue = (48/120) * 800 = 320

Bags of black = (54/120) * 800 = 360

Bags of gray = (18/120) * 800 = 120