Question

Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample? Show your work

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Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Population: The population is all 225 players in the softball league.

Sample: The sample is the 45 players that Maritza chose to ask if they also play basketball.

Size of population: There are 225 players in the league.

Size of sample: Maritza chose 45 players to ask.