SOLUTION: A survey conducted in a certain town found that 1 out of every 5 individuals owned a bike. A statistician calculated the margin of error to be 1.5%.
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Question 1134891: A survey conducted in a certain town found that 1 out of every 5 individuals owned a bike. A statistician calculated the margin of error to be 1.5%.
The maximum percentage of individuals who own a bike is _______.
A. 20%
B. 21.5%
C. 30%
You can put this solution on YOUR website! While I do not 100% agree with the answer, the best option is 21.5%. Since it was observed that 1 out of 5 owned a bike, that's 20%. The margin of error would be added and subtracted to determine a confidence interval. We would be confident (at whatever level was used) that the actual percentage is between 18.5% and 21.5% but I wouldn't necessarily say that 21.5% is the absolute maximum.