We can use proportions to estimate the number of patients who sleep eight hours or more each night in the hospital:
Proportion of patients who sleep eight hours or more each night = 16/40 = 0.4
We can assume that this proportion is representative of the entire population of patients in the hospital, and use it to estimate the number of patients who sleep eight hours or more each night:
Number of patients who sleep eight hours or more each night = Proportion of patients who sleep eight hours or more x Total number of patients in the hospital
Number of patients who sleep eight hours or more each night = 0.4 x 700 = 280
Therefore, we can estimate that there are 280 patients in the hospital who sleep eight hours or more each night.
researchers at Jackson Hospital asked 40 randomly selected patients about their sleep habits 16 reported sleeping eight hours or more each night if there are 700 patients in the hospital as me the number of patients who sleep eight hours or more each night
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