A polling company reported that 59% of 1018 surveyed adult said that secondhand
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Question
A polling company reported that 59% of 1018 surveyed adult said that secondhand somke is "very harmful". Complete part (a) through (d) below. a. What is the exact value that is 59% of 1018? The exact value is (Type an integer or a decimal, ) b. Could the result from part (a) be the actual number of adults who said that secondhand smoke is 'very harmful"? Why or why not? A. No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that secondhand smoke is 'very harmful" because that is a very rare o B. No, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that secondhand smoke is 'very harmful" because e count of people m in a whole number significant. C. Yes, the result from part (a) could not be the actual number of adults who said that secondhand smoke is 'very harmful" because the result are statistic significant. D. Yes, the result from part (a) could be the actual number of adults who said that secondhand smoke is 'very harmful because the polling numbers accurate. What could be the actual number of adults who said that secondhand smoke is "very harmful"?Explanation / Answer
a) Exact value of 59% of 1018 would be computed as:
0.59*1018 = 600.62
b) No clearly this could not have been the actual number as it not a whole number.
Therefore B is the correct answer here.
c) Actual number could have been 601 because 601/ 1018 is 0.5904 which is 59.04%.
Therefore the actual number could have been 601.