A poll is conducted to determine who is most likely to win the election for town mayor. Two random samples of 500 residents each are polled. The data is as follows. Candidate A Candidate B TotalSample 1 346 154 500Sample 2 248 252 500What percentage of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor?
To find the percentage of residents who would vote for Candidate A as town mayor, we need to add up the number of residents who would vote for Candidate A from each sample.
In Sample 1, 346 residents would vote for Candidate A.
In Sample 2, 248 residents would vote for Candidate A.
Therefore, in total, 346 + 248 = 594 residents would vote for Candidate A.
Since the total number of residents polled is 500 in each sample and there are 2 samples, the total number of residents polled is 500 + 500 = 1000 residents.
To find the percentage of residents who would vote for Candidate A, we calculate:
(594 / 1000) * 100% = 59.4%
Therefore, 59.4% of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor.