Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample? Show your work.
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The population in this scenario refers to all the players in the softball league. The size of the population is given as 225 players.
The sample, on the other hand, refers to the group of players Maritza chooses to ask about whether they also play basketball. The size of the sample is given as 45 players.
Therefore, the population size is 225 players and the sample size is 45 players.