document.write( "Question 342899: Suppose three out of five people said they would prefer a television set to a stero system. If we surveyed 5,000 people, how many would prefer a television set? 1,875 3,000 3,125 5,000 \n" ); document.write( "
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3 out 5 means 3000 out of 5000 !\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in mathematical language,
\n" ); document.write( "among 5, 3 people prefer TV
\n" ); document.write( "so there is chance that a person will like TV is 3/5
\n" ); document.write( "so in 5000,
\n" ); document.write( "3/5*5000
\n" ); document.write( "=3000 will like TV
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