Question

A polling company reported that 17% of 2286 surveyed adults said that they play baseball. Complete parts (a) through (d) below. a. What is the exact value that is 17% of 2286? The exact value is 0 (Type an integer or a decimal.) b. Could the result from part (a) be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball? Why or why not? O A. No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball because a count of people must result in a whole number. OB. Yes, the result from part (a) could be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball because the results are statistically significant. OC. Yes, the result from part (a) could be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball because the polling numbers are accurate. OD. No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball because that is a very rare activity. c. What could be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball? The actual number of adults who play baseball could be (Type an integer or a decimal.) d. Among the 2286 respondents, 297 said that they only play hockey. What percentage of respondents said that they only play hockey? (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

Answer 1

Explanation:

a. The exact value that is 17% of 2286 is 0 (zero).

b. O A. No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that they play baseball because a count of people must result in a whole number.

c. The actual number of adults who said that they play baseball could be any value between 0 and 2286. Without further information, we cannot determine the exact number.

d. To calculate the percentage of respondents who said they only play hockey, we divide the number of respondents who only play hockey (297) by the total number of respondents (2286), and then multiply by 100:

Percentage = (297 / 2286) * 100

Percentage ≈ 12.99%

Approximately 12.99% of respondents said that they only play hockey.