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A polling company reported that 5959% of 22862286 surveyed adults said that they play football.football.

Complete parts (a) through (d) below.

a. What is the exact value that is 5959% of 22862286?

The exact value is nothing .

(Type an integer or a decimal.)

b. Could the result from part (a) be the actual number of adults who said that they play football question mark football?

Why or why not?

A.No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that they play football because a count of people must result in a whole number.

B.No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that they play footballfootball because that is a very rare activity.

C.Yes, the result from part (a) could be the actual number of adults who said that they play

football because the results are statistically significant.

D.Yes, the result from part (a) could be the actual number of adults who said that they play football because the polling numbers are accurate.

c. What could be the actual number of adults who said that they play football question mark football? The actual number of adults who play football could be nothing .

(Type an integer or a decimal.)

d. Among the 22862286 respondents,593593 said that they only play hockey. What percentage of respondents said that they only play hockey?

(Round to two decimal places as needed.)

Solution

a) 5959% of 22862286= 59.59*22862286

=1362546521

b) answer = B.No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that they play footballfootball because that is a very rare activity.

c) it must be 5.959% of 22862286

= 0.5959*22862286

= 1362546.50

d) percentage of respondent =

(593593 / 22862286 )*100

= 2.5963%