If 1,000 more voters are surveyed, how many of them will likely prefer Candidate 3 or 4? Show your work and explain your answer. make it sound like a 12 year old

Answer 1

So like if we already know that 2,000 voters were surveyed and 800 of them prefer Candidate 3 or 4, then we can figure out the proportion of voters who prefer those candidates.

800 voters out of 2,000 is like 800/2,000 = 0.4

So like 40% of the voters preferred Candidate 3 or 4.

Now, if we survey 1,000 more voters, we can estimate how many more of them will prefer Candidate 3 or 4 by multiplying that proportion by the number of new voters surveyed.

0.4 x 1,000 = 400

So like around 400 of the new voters will likely prefer Candidate 3 or 4.

Hope that helps!