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Students are voting on the color of T-shirts to wear on their field trip. There are 160 students-65 boys and 95 girls-going on the

field trip. A random sample of students is chosen. Surveying the random sample produced a representative sample of the
population. Which was most likely true of the representative sample?
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The representative sample contained all 160 students,
The representative sample contained more boys than girls.
The representative sample contained more girls than boys.
The representative sample contained an equal number of boys and girls,
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Answer 1

The representative sample contained more girls than boys.

Explanation:

A "sample" of something is a small part of it. A "representative sample" is a small part of the students that represents them all. A random sample would not include all 160 students. It is more likely that there would be more girls than boys, than more boys than girls. In total, there are more girls than boys: 95 girls to 65 boys. It is more likely that a sample of the total students would be just like the total, but smaller.