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Chapter 6 Problem 6.2.30

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STATISTICS Researchers asked 4887 people to pick a number between 1 and 10. The results are shown in the table below. Answer 12345Percent 4.2% 5.1% 11.4% 10.5% 10.7%Answer 6 7 8 9 10Percent 10.0% 27.2% 8.8% 6.0% 6.1%a. Estimate the number of people who picked the number 3. b. You ask a participant what number she picked. Is the participant more likely to answer 6 or 7? Explain. c. Conduct this experiment with your classmates. Make a table in which you compare the new percentages with the ones given in the original survey. Why might they be different?

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The first step in solving 6 problem number 30 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: STATISTICS Researchers asked 4887 people to pick a number between 1 and 10. The results are shown in the table below. Answer 12345Percent 4.2% 5.1% 11.4% 10.5% 10.7%Answer 6 7 8 9 10Percent 10.0% 27.2% 8.8% 6.0% 6.1%a. Estimate the number of people who picked the number 3. b. You ask a participant what number she picked. Is the participant more likely to answer 6 or 7? Explain. c. Conduct this experiment with your classmates. Make a table in which you compare the new percentages with the ones given in the original survey. Why might they be different?
From the textbook chapter Ratios, Proportions, and the Geometric Mean you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Geometry (Holt McDougal Larson Geometry) 1 
Author Ron Larson Laurie Boswell Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff
ISBN 9780618595402

STATISTICS Researchers asked 4887 people to pick a number between 1 and 10. The results

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