Question

You want to predict which candidate will likely be voted Seventh Grade Class President. There are 560 students in the seventh-grade class. You randomly sample 3 different groups of 50 seventh-grade students. The results are shown.

Candidate Preference
Candidate A Candidate B
Sample 1 -27 23
Sample 2 -22 28
Sample 3 -15 35

Use each sample to make an estimate for the number of students in seventh grade that vote for Candidate A. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Sample 1: about ____ students

Sample 2: about ___ students

Sample 3: about ___ students

b. Who do you expect to be voted Seventh Grade Class President?
A. Candidate A
B. Candidate B

Explain.

Answer 1

candidate b because it's mostly likely to have more people i think