Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample? Show your work. make the answer 2 sentences long

The population in this scenario is all 225 players in the softball league, while the sample is the 45 players Maritza selected to ask about playing basketball. The size of the population is 225 players, and the size of the sample is 45 players.

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In this scenario, the population refers to the entire group of 225 players in the softball league that Maritza is interested in studying. The sample is the subset of this population consisting of the 45 players she selected to inquire about their basketball involvement. The size of the population is 225 players, while the size of the sample is 45 players. By gathering information from this sample, Maritza hopes to gain insights into the broader patterns of basketball participation within the entire league.