a university surveys a randomly selected group of 250 freshmen. In the group, 20 of the freshmen were left-handed. If there are 8,000 in the freshman class, what is the best prediction fo the number of left-handed freshmen students?

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a university surveys a randomly selected group of 250 freshmen. In the group, 20 of the freshmen were left-handed. If there are 8,000 in the freshman class, what is the best prediction fo the number of left-handed freshmen students?
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Ms. Sue · Answer

20/250 = 0.08 = 8% 0.08 * 8,000 = ?