Sicilia randomly selected 25% of the Sound Sleep email subscribers and asked them how many hours of sleep they average each night. Of the subscribers surveyed, 16 average less than 6 hours of sleep each night. Based on the data, what is the most reasonable estimate of the number of Sound Sleep email subscribers who average less than 6 hours of sleep?Choose 1 answer:(A) 16(B) 48(C) 64(D) 400
Q. Sicilia randomly selected 25% of the Sound Sleep email subscribers and asked them how many hours of sleep they average each night. Of the subscribers surveyed, 16 average less than 6 hours of sleep each night. Based on the data, what is the most reasonable estimate of the number of Sound Sleep email subscribers who average less than 6 hours of sleep?Choose 1 answer:(A) 16(B) 48(C) 64(D) 400
Understand Given Information: Understand the given information.We know that 25% of the Sound Sleep email subscribers were surveyed, and out of those surveyed, 16 subscribers average less than 6 hours of sleep each night.
Calculate Total Surveyed Subscribers: Calculate the total number of surveyed subscribers.Since 16 subscribers represent 25% of the surveyed group, we can calculate the total number of surveyed subscribers by dividing the number of subscribers who average less than 6 hours of sleep by the percentage they represent.Total surveyed subscribers = 0.2516
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation from Step 2.Total surveyed subscribers = 16/0.25=64
Interpret Result: Interpret the result.The calculation shows that 64 subscribers were surveyed in total. However, this is not the final answer we are looking for. We need to estimate the total number of Sound Sleep email subscribers based on the data.
Calculate Total Subscribers: Calculate the total number of Sound Sleep email subscribers.Since the 64 surveyed subscribers represent 25% of the total number of subscribers, we can calculate the total number of subscribers by multiplying the number of surveyed subscribers by 4 (since 25% is 1/4 of 100%).Total number of subscribers = 64×4
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation from Step 5.Total number of subscribers = 64×4=256
Estimate Subscribers Less Than 6 Hours: Estimate the number of subscribers who average less than 6 hours of sleep.Since 16 out of 64 surveyed subscribers average less than 6 hours of sleep, we can estimate that the same proportion of the total number of subscribers also average less than 6 hours of sleep.Estimated number of subscribers who average less than 6 hours = 6416×256
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation from Step 7.Estimated number of subscribers who average less than 6 hours = 6416×256=41×256=64
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