Question

A middle school has 490 students. Mae surveys a random sample of 60 students and finds that 24 of

them have pet dogs. How many students are likely to have pet dogs?
294
196

Answer 1

196

Explanation:

24 / 60 = 0.4 or 40% of the sample. This means the amount of students out of all the students in the middle school that are likely to have a dog will be 40% as well. 294 / 490 = 0.6 or 60%, so this answer is wrong, but 196 / 490 = 0.4 or 40%, so that is the right answer.