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Eighty percent of students in your school own a bike. Of a sample of students in your school, the ratio of students who own a bike to students who do not own a bike is 8 : 2. Does the sample closely estimate the percentage of students in your school who own a bike? yes or no

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Answer:

yes

Explanation:

It does because 10 would be 100% 8 is 80% and 2 is 20% that is why it closely estimates the percentage.

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Yes, the sample's estimation about the percentage is accurate.

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