Question

An unusually rainy spring has caused some of the apricot trees at Jackson Grove to not produce fruit. The grove's owners want to know how this will affect the total crop, but checking each tree would take a long time. Instead, the owners ask each worker to randomly check 10 trees to see whether or not they are producing fruit.
What are the population and the sample of the experiment?
The population for this experiment is
. The sample is
.

Answer 1

In this experiment:

- The **population** is the entire set of apricot trees in the Jackson Grove that are supposed to produce fruit. This includes all trees in the grove, regardless of whether they are currently producing fruit or not.

- The **sample** is the specific number of apricot trees that each worker checks, which is 10 randomly selected trees.

To summarize:
- The population for this experiment is **all apricot trees at Jackson Grove**.
- The sample is **the 10 randomly checked trees by each worker**.