A poll is conducted to determine who is most likely to win the election for town mayor. Two random samples of 500 residents each are polled. The data is as follows.

Question

Candidate A Candidate B Total
Sample 1 346 154 500
Sample 2 248 252 500

What percentage of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor? (1 point)

Answer 1

To find the percentage of total residents who would vote for Candidate A, we need to add up the number of votes for Candidate A in both samples.

Sample 1: 346
Sample 2: 248

Total votes for Candidate A = 346 + 248 = 594

Now, we can find the percentage of total residents who would vote for Candidate A:

Total residents polled = 500 (Sample 1) + 500 (Sample 2) = 1000

Percentage of total residents voting for Candidate A = (594/1000) * 100% = 59.4%

Therefore, 59.4% of the total polled residents would vote for Candidate A as the town mayor.