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)
Based on the data provided, a total of 594 residents out of 1000 would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor.
Therefore, the percentage of residents who would vote for Candidate A is 59.4%.
To calculate this, you would add the number of votes for Candidate A in Sample 1 (346) with the number of votes for Candidate A in Sample 2 (248). This gives you a total of 594 votes for Candidate A.
Then, you divide the total number of votes for Candidate A (594) by the total number of residents polled (1000) and multiply by 100 to get the percentage:
(594/1000) x 100 = 59.4%
Therefore, 59.4% of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor.