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Zach is trying to decide which of three golf

courses is the best. He randomly surveyed
people at a sports store and recorded the
results in the table. Is the sample method
valid? If so, suppose Zach surveyed 150
more people. How many people would be
expected to vote for Rolling Meadows?

Justify your answer.

Zach is trying to decide which of three golf courses is the best. He randomly surveyed-example-1
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Answer:

No, the population of people is poorly represented with this low sample size. 150 would better represent the population as a whole. 42 people would want to play on Rolling Meadows. (according to the previous data)

Explanation:

Most likely this small sample size is too small to gain sufficient data from the whole population. If he were to survey a larger sample of people, he would overall better represent the population as a whole. The percentage of people who would prefer Rolling Meadows in the first sample was 28% (7/25). So just multiply 150 times .28 and get 42. 42 people would want to play on Rolling Meadows.

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