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Question
There are 628 students in Tan’s high school. Tan surveys 120 randomly chosen students about their favorite movie genre. The results are as follows.

Movie genre Number of students/Frequency 
Science Fiction 24
Horror 11
Comedy 27
Action 10
Animated 48
Based on Tan’s sample data, approximately how many students in the school prefer animated movies?

(1 point)
Responses

251
251

125
125

52
52

141
141
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The correct answer is 141. This can be calculated by finding the percentage of students in Tan's sample that prefer animated movies (48/120 = 0.4), and then applying that percentage to the total number of students in the school (0.4 * 628 = 251.2, which rounds to 251).