I hate story problems they r a nightmare.
One poll reported that 48% of city residents were against building a new stadium. The polling service stated that the poll was accurate to within 3%. What is the minimum percent of city residents that oppose the stadium?
Here are the choices
a)45%
b)46.5%
c)48%
d)49%
a) within implies + or - 3, so I believe 48-3 or 48+3,would be 45-51% range, but they want the minimum, so 45% is final answer
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To find the minimum percent of city residents that oppose the stadium, we need to take the lower boundary of the margin of error into account.
The poll reported that 48% of city residents were against building a new stadium, and the polling service stated that the poll was accurate to within 3%.
To account for the lower boundary of the margin of error, we subtract 3% from 48%.
48% - 3% = 45%
Therefore, the minimum percent of city residents that oppose the stadium is 45%.
So, the correct answer is option a) 45%.