Problema Solution
A town has 35,000 registered voters. A random sample of 500 voters finds that 125 are in favor of a new dog park. How many are likely to vote for the dog park?
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Let 'x' represent the number of people ,out of 35,000, that are in favor of the new dog park.
125 : 500 = x : 35000
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x = 8,750
8,750 our of 35,000 voters are in favor of a new dog park.