SOLUTION: In a random sample of voters, 594 respondents said that they favored passage of a $33 billion crime bill. If the number in favor of the crime bill was 45% of the number of voters

SOLUTION: In a random sample of voters, 594 respondents said that they favored passage of a $33 billion crime bill. If the number in favor of the crime bill was 45% of the number of voters

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Question 49160: In a random sample of voters, 594 respondents said that they favored passage of a $33 billion crime bill. If the number in favor of the crime bill was 45% of the number of voters in the sample, then how many voters were in the sample?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v = voters in favor
.45v = 594
v = 594 / .45
v = 1320
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