document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1206783>Question 1206783</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A town surveyed 13,000 people to see if they like to walk or ride bike to work, 73% choose riding bike with a margin of error of +/- 3 %. Which represents the range for the total people in the town who choose riding bike if there were  25,600 people living in the town? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) The range is between 17,920 and 19,456.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)The range is between 9,100 and 9,880.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "from that, it was determined that 73% chose riding a bike, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that ratio is applied to the population of 25600 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".73 * 25600 = a mean of 18688.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".03 * 25600 = a margin of error of plus or minus 768.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18688 minus 768 = 17920.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18688 plus 768 = 19456.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your solution is selection a.<BR>\n" );
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