Kyle stalks the shelves at a grocery store he's responsible for stocking 200 boxes he wants to know how much weight he lives throughout the day as he is working he randomly selects 20 of the boxes and weighs them before stocking them the weights are 3739 47 39 50 42 40 54 50 46 38 46 52 54 42 48 53 49 4351 estimate the population total or the total amount of weight that Kyle lives throughout the day

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To estimate the total weight that Kyle lifts throughout the day, we can first calculate the average weight of the 20 randomly selected boxes and then use that average to estimate the total weight of all 200 boxes.

Here are the weights of the 20 boxes you've provided:

3739, 47, 39, 50, 42, 40, 54, 50, 46, 38, 46, 52, 54, 42, 48, 53, 49, 43, 51.

  1. Calculate the average weight of the 20 boxes:

    First, we sum the weights of the individual boxes: \[ 3739 + 47 + 39 + 50 + 42 + 40 + 54 + 50 + 46 + 38 + 46 + 52 + 54 + 42 + 48 + 53 + 49 + 43 + 51 = 3739 + 494 = 4233 \]

    The calculation seems incorrect because the value 3739 appears to be an outlier or incorrect, it might have been a typo.

    Let's ignore the erroneous value and only sum up the reasonable weights: \[ 47 + 39 + 50 + 42 + 40 + 54 + 50 + 46 + 38 + 46 + 52 + 54 + 42 + 48 + 53 + 49 + 43 + 51 = 810 \]

    Since there are 19 valid weights, we divide the total weight by 19 to get the average: \[ \text{Average Weight} = \frac{810}{19} \approx 42.68 \text{ (rounded to two decimal places)} \]

  2. Estimate the total weight for all 200 boxes:

    Now we multiply the average weight by the total number of boxes (200): \[ \text{Total Weight} = \text{Average Weight} \times \text{Total Number of Boxes} = 42.68 \times 200 \approx 8536 \text{ pounds (as an estimate)} \]

Thus, the estimated total weight that Kyle lifts throughout the day is approximately 8536 pounds.