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

In this scenario, we can define the population and the sample as follows:

1. Population: The entire group of individuals that we are interested in studying. In this case, the population is all the players in the softball league. Since there are 225 players in the league, the population size is 225.

2. Sample: A smaller group chosen from the population to represent it in a survey or study. Maritza chose 45 players from the 225 players to ask whether they also play basketball. Therefore, the sample size is 45.

To summarize:

• Population: All players in the softball league (225 players)
• Sample: The 45 players that Maritza asked about playing basketball
• Size of the Population: 225
• Size of the Sample: 45

So, the population size is 225, and the sample size is 45.