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The owner of a sports arena wanted to predict what additional refreshment options would sell best. He selected 100 seat numbers at random and surveyed the occupants of those seats.

Identify the population and sample for this situation.
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A The population is the occupants of the 100 selected seats; the sample is all people who buy refreshments in the sports arena.The population is the occupants of the 100 selected seats; the sample is all people who buy refreshments in the sports arena.

B The population is the occupants of all seats in the sports arena; the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats.The population is the occupants of all seats in the sports arena; the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats.

C The population is all people who buy refreshments in the sports arena; the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats.The population is all people who buy refreshments in the sports arena; the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats.

D The population is the occupants of the 100 selected seats; the sample is the refreshment options.

B The population is the occupants of all seats in the sports arena; the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats.

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The owner of the sports arena is interested in predicting what additional refreshment options would sell best. Therefore, the population of interest is all people who attend events at the sports arena, not just the occupants of the 100 selected seats. The sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats because they were the ones who were surveyed. So, the population is the larger group from which the sample was selected, which is the occupants of all seats in the sports arena, and the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats.

The correct answer is A. The population in this situation is all people who buy refreshments in the sports arena, and the sample is the occupants of the 100 selected seats. The owner is surveying the occupants of those seats to predict what additional refreshment options would sell best, so the occupants of the seats are the sample that represents the larger population of all people who buy refreshments.