The population in this situation is all 225 players in the softball league. This is the group that Maritza wants to know information about.
The sample is the 45 players that Maritza chose to ask about whether they play basketball. This is a smaller group taken from the population to represent it.
Therefore, the size of the population is 225 players and the size of the sample is 45 players.
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 in kid words
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