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Of a sample of 500 students surveyed, 300 students say they listen to music when they study. In a school with 1500 students, how many students would be likely to listen to music while studying? hi 300 students 500 students 900 students 1200 students

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Given:

Surveyed Sample = 500 students

Number of students who listen to music = 300

The probability of students that listens to music is given by the formula:


pr\text{ =}\frac{number\text{ of students that listen to music}}{Total\text{ number of student}}\text{ =}(300)/(500)


pr\text{ = }(3)/(5)

In a sample of 1500 students, to find the probable number of students that will listen to music

we will multiply the probability we obtained initially by the sample space

=>


\begin{gathered} (3)/(5)\text{ x 1500} \\ \\ (4500)/(5) \\ \\ =900 \end{gathered}

It is likely that 900 students will listen to music while studying

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