Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know how many league players also play basketball.

Question

Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 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.

Answer 1

Population: All players in the softball league
- Size of the population: 225 players

Sample: The 45 players Maritza selected to ask if they also play basketball
- Size of the sample: 45 players

The sample size is 45 out of the total population of 225 players.

Answer 2

show your work

Answer 3

Population: All players in the softball league
- Size of the population: 225 players

Sample: The 45 players Maritza selected to ask if they also play basketball
- Size of the sample: 45 players

Population size: 225 players
Sample size: 45 players