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Problem-Solving and Data AnalysisEasyEstimating from a random sample of apples

Problem-Solving and Data Analysis practice question

In a random sample of 50 apples picked from an orchard's 5,000 apples, 4 had worms. About how many of the orchard's apples would be expected to have worms?

Answer: 400

4/50 = 0.08, and 0.08 × 5,000 = 400.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 4
4 is the count in the sample.
If you answered 40
40 misplaces a zero.
If you answered 1250
1250 divides 5,000 by 4.

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