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Out of a population of 1,500 students, 100 were asked by a random sampling to choose their favorite national park. their responses are shown in the table below. national parks favorite park number of students acadia 19 carlsbad caverns 14 rocky mountain 30 grand canyon 23 yosemite 14 using proportional reasoning, about how many students out of the 1,500 would you expect to pick yosemite for their favorite national park? 14 86 210 244

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Answer:

210

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User Jessen
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Answer:

210

Explanation:

the sample is one 15th of the total population, and thus Yosemite's 14 should be scaled back by 15

1500/100 = 15

15 * 14 = 210

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