As part of a statistics project, a teacher brings a bag of marbles containing 700 white marbles and 300 red marbles. She asks her students to determine how many red marbles are in the bag without counting them. A student randomly draws 100 marbles from the bag. Of the 100 marbles, 33 are red. The target population consists of The 100 marbles drawn by the student The 1000 marbles in the bag None of the above The 33 red marbles drawn by the student The 300 red marbles in the bag The sample consists of The 1000 marbles in the bag The 100 marbles drawn by the student The 33 red marbles drawn by the student None of the above The 300 red marbles in the bag Based on the sample, the student would estimate that ------   marbles in the bag were red

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As part of a statistics project, a teacher brings a bag of marbles containing 700 white marbles and 300 red marbles. She asks her students to determine how many red marbles are in the bag without counting them.

A student randomly draws 100 marbles from the bag. Of the 100 marbles, 33 are red.

The target population consists of

  • The 100 marbles drawn by the student
  • The 1000 marbles in the bag
  • None of the above
  • The 33 red marbles drawn by the student
  • The 300 red marbles in the bag



The sample consists of

  • The 1000 marbles in the bag
  • The 100 marbles drawn by the student
  • The 33 red marbles drawn by the student
  • None of the above
  • The 300 red marbles in the bag



Based on the sample, the student would estimate that ------   marbles in the bag were red.

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