SOLUTION: 2. A pet food company wants to know the number of pets owned by adults ages 21 to 70. The frequency table shows the data from a simple random sample of the targeted population.
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Question 1127296: 2. A pet food company wants to know the number of pets owned by adults ages 21 to 70. The frequency table shows the data from a simple random sample of the targeted population.
Total pets owned 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of adults 248 567 1402 728 419 456 203
What is the estimated mean for the population? Explain your answer and show your work.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The mean is the number of pets * number of adults
all divided by the total number of adults
1*248=248
2*567=1134
3*1402=4206
4*728=2912
5*419=2095
6*456=2736
7*203=1421
Number of adults=4023
pets*adults sum is 14752
divide 14752/4023=3.67 pets per adult is the mean or expected value.
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