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Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would not provide a random sample? |
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surveying every tenth student on the school roster |
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surveying three students from each homeroom class |
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surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning |
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surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand |
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Meng conducted a survey to determine the favorite flavor of ice cream in his hometown. Fifteen of the fifty people he surveyed liked strawberry best. How many of the 3,500 residents in the town would you expect to like strawberry best? |
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1,050 |
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750 |
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C. |
560 |
D. |
150 |
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Taylor and Isabel played a game with red, blue, white, and green balls. They had a bag with 10 balls. They took 4 samples of 4 balls at a time. Sample 1: RRBB Sample 2: BGRR Sample 3: RWRB Sample 4: RGBW Find the best estimate of the number of white balls in the bag. |
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6 |
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3 |
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C. |
7 |
D. |
1 |
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Taylor and Isabel played a game with red, blue, white, and green balls. They had a bag with 10 balls. They took 4 samples of 4 balls at a time. Sample 1: RRBB Sample 2: BGRR Sample 3: RWRB Sample 4: RGBW Find the best estimate of the number of blue balls in the bag. |
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6 |
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0 |
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C. |
3 |
D. |
8 |
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Taylor and Isabel played a game with red, blue, white, and green balls. They had a bag with 10 balls. They took 4 samples of 4 balls at a time. Sample 1: RRBB Sample 2: BGRR Sample 3: RWRB Sample 4: RGBWFind the best estimate of the number of green balls in the bag. |
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6 |
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3 |
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C. |
9 |
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1 |
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