SOLUTION: A television rating services found that out of a sample of 93 households, 37 were watching Town Talk during its time slot. Suppose there are 172,000 households in a marketing regio

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Question 1200604: A television rating services found that out of a sample of 93 households, 37 were watching Town Talk during its time slot. Suppose there are 172,000 households in a marketing region. How many of them would you to expect to be watching Town Talk?
Answer by ikleyn(52817)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Write a proportion as you read the problem.


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