Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know 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

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Population: The population in this scenario is all 225 players in the softball league. These are the individuals Maritza is interested in knowing about.

Sample: The sample in this scenario is the 45 players whose names Maritza chose to ask whether they also play basketball. This sample is a subset of the larger population.

Size of the population: 225 players

Size of the sample: 45 players

Therefore, the population size is 225 players, and the sample size is 45 players.