Question

You ask 125 randomly chosen students to name their favorite beverage. There are 1500 students in the school. Predict the

number of students in the school whose favorite beverage is a sports drink.
Favorite Beverage
Sports drink 58
36
Soda
Water
Other
14
17
students in the school are predicted to choose sports drink as their favorite beverage.

Answer 1

Based on the data provided, out of the 125 randomly chosen students, 58 of them prefer sports drinks as their favorite beverage. To predict the number of students in the entire school who prefer sports drinks, we can set up a proportion using the sample data:

58 (students who prefer sports drinks in the sample) / 125 (total sample size) = x (students who prefer sports drinks in the entire school) / 1500 (total school population)

Solving for x, we find:

x = (58 / 125) * 1500 ≈ 696

Therefore, it is predicted that approximately 696 students in the entire school prefer sports drinks as their favorite beverage.

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