Tracy wants to know if seventh-grade students prefer to do their math homework in silence or with background music. She polled the 21 students in her science class. Seven students preferred to do their math homework in silence, and fourteen students preferred to do their math homework with background music. Identify the sample size in the situation above.
21
m + 3m
4m
Rita wants to know if seventh-grade students prefer to do their social studies homework in silence or with background music. She polled the 24 students in her music class. Eight students preferred to do their social studies homework in silence, and sixteen students preferred to do their social studies homework with background music. Identify the sample in the situation above.
Keenan works for Shake City. The company wants to know what milkshake flavor is the most popular. Today, he surveyed every third male customer. Seventeen customers (out of 54 total) were surveyed. Six customers prefer cherry, 4 customers prefer blueberry, and 7 customers prefer banana. Identify the sample size in the situation above.
17
The rectangular prism below is intersected by a plane that is parallel to face BCGF, as shown.
A city council conducted a survey on speed bumps to see what residents preferred. The council asked every resident in one particular neighborhood what his or her preferences were. Were the results of the city council's survey valid?
No, because the sample was not random.
Sandy works at a clothing store. She makes $9 per hour plus earns 15% commission on her sales. She worked 77 hours over the last two weeks and had a total of $1,997 in sales before taxes. how much she will earn in hourly wages and commission for those two weeks?
Josh works for MooMoo Milkshakes. The company wants to know what milkshake flavor is the most popular. Today, he surveyed every third female customer on their favorite milkshake flavor. Sixteen customers (out of 54 total) were surveyed, and 8 customers prefer MooChooChocolate, 4 customers prefer VeryStrawberry, and 4 customers prefer BananaBoBanna. Is there a sampling bias in the situation above?
Yes. Josh only asked female customers.
What is the area of a circle whose diameter is 12cm?
113.04 cm squared