Cordelia surveyed a random sample of 57 students at Sunnydale High about their favorite season. Of the students surveyed, 31 chose summer as their favorite season. If there are 721 students at Sunnydale High, what is the most reasonable estimate of the number of students whose favorite season is summer?Choose 1 answer:(A) 224(B) 329(C) 392(D) 411
Q. Cordelia surveyed a random sample of 57 students at Sunnydale High about their favorite season. Of the students surveyed, 31 chose summer as their favorite season. If there are 721 students at Sunnydale High, what is the most reasonable estimate of the number of students whose favorite season is summer?Choose 1 answer:(A) 224(B) 329(C) 392(D) 411
Identify Given Information: Identify the given information and what we need to find.Cordelia surveyed 57 students, and 31 of them chose summer as their favorite season. We need to estimate how many of the 721 students at Sunnydale High would choose summer as their favorite season based on this sample.
Calculate Proportion: Calculate the proportion of students in the sample who chose summer as their favorite season.Proportion of students who chose summer = \frac{\text{Number of students who chose summer}}{\text{Total number of students surveyed}}\(\newline= \frac{31}{57}\)
Estimate Number of Students: Use the proportion to estimate the number of students in the entire school who would choose summer as their favorite season.Estimated number of students who choose summer =5731×721
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation to find the estimate.Estimated number of students who choose summer = (31/57)∗721= 0.543859649∗721≈392.298245614 (This is an estimate, so we round to the nearest whole number)≈392