Question

Based on a survey of 100 households, a newspaper reports that the average number of vehicles per household is 1.8 with a margin of error of ±0.3. The population surveyed is 50,000 households.

How many vehicles are included in the margin of error? Enter your answer in the blank.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The margin of error is ±0.3. This means that the actual average number of vehicles per household in the population is expected to be between 1.5 (1.8 - 0.3) and 2.1 (1.8 + 0.3).

To calculate the range of the margin of error in terms of the number of vehicles, we can multiply the margin of error by the square root of the sample size (100) to get:

0.3 * sqrt(100) = 3

So the margin of error in terms of the number of vehicles is ±3.

Therefore, the number of vehicles included in the margin of error is between 1.5 * 50,000 = 75,000 and 2.1 * 50,000 = 105,000.

So the range of the margin of error in terms of the number of vehicles is 30,000, and the number of vehicles included in the margin of error is 30,000.