A polling company reported that 53 of 1018 surveyed adults s

A polling company reported that 53% of 1018 surveyed adults said that pesticides are \"very harmful\" complete parts through below What is the exact value that is 53% of 1018? Could the result from part (a) be the actual number of adults who said that pesticides are \"very harmful\"? why or why not? What could be the actual number of adults who said that postcodes are \"very hamful\"? Among the 1018 respondents. 150 said that pesticides are \"not at all harmful\" what percentage of respondents said that postcodes are \"not of all harmful\"?

Solution

(a)

53% of 1018 will be

(53 * 1018) / 100 = 539.54

(b)

Option C is correct.

(c)

Since rounding 539.54 gives 540 so ehe actual number could be 540.

(d)

Required percentage is

(150 / 1018) * 100% = 14.73%