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There are about 320 million people living in the United States. Of these, how many would you predict wear corrective lenses?

User Twisha Kotecha
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24 votes

Answer:

243840000

Explanation:

User Lucas Alanis
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Answer:

243840000 people

Explanation:

The total sample size = 1000

Samole proportion of those who wear corrective lenses :

p = x / n ; n = sample size

p = 762 / 1000 = 0.762

To predict the number of people who wear corrective lenses :

Total population * p

320,000,000 * 0.762

= 243840000 people

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