Suppose the probability of selecting a supermarket shopper who prefers plastic bags instead of paper bags is 50%. Out of 150 shoppers, how many can you expect will prefer plastic bags

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Out of 150 shoppers, you can expect 75 shoppers to prefer plastic bags. This is calculated by multiplying the probability of selecting a shopper who prefers plastic bags (50%) by the total number of shoppers (150). So, 0.5 * 150 = 75.
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I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. The correct calculation is as follows:

If the probability of selecting a shopper who prefers plastic bags is 50%, this means that 50% of the total shoppers will prefer plastic bags.

Out of 150 shoppers, the number of shoppers expected to prefer plastic bags is:
0.50 * 150 = 75 shoppers

Therefore, you can expect 75 out of the 150 shoppers to prefer plastic bags. Thank you for pointing out the mistake.