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)
%
The total number of residents polled is 1000 (500 from Sample 1 and 500 from Sample 2).
Candidate A received 346 votes in Sample 1 and 248 votes in Sample 2, for a total of 346 + 248 = 594 votes in total.
So, the percentage of residents who would vote for Candidate A is:
(594 votes / 1000 total residents) * 100% = 59.4%
Therefore, 59.4% of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor.