Question
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 Total
Sample 1 346 154 500
Sample 2 248 252 500
What percentage of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor?
(1 point)
To find the percentage of residents that would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor, we need to calculate the total number of residents who would vote for Candidate A and divide it by the total number of polled residents.
In Sample 1, 346 residents would vote for Candidate A.
In Sample 2, 248 residents would vote for Candidate A.
Therefore, the total number of residents who would vote for Candidate A is 346 + 248 = 594.
The total number of polled residents is 500 + 500 = 1000.
To find the percentage, we divide the number of residents who would vote for Candidate A by the total number of polled residents and multiply by 100:
(594/1000) * 100 = 59.4%
Therefore, 59.4% of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor.