A Local Planning Commission Is Interested in Finding Out What

question 6

Multiple Choice

A local planning commission is interested in finding out what proportion of its city's residents is opposed to constructing a new baseball stadium in the downtown area. A random sample of 1870 residents is obtained, and 41.2 percent of them are opposed to the stadium.
In this sample, the proportion of the city's residents opposed to constructing a new baseball stadium in the downtown area is:

• A)770.
• B) 2.3 percent.
• C) 41.2 percent.
• D) 0.023 percent.

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