Question

Shana lives in a town with a population of 130,000. Standing outside the largest grocery store, Shana surveyed people to find out how many have cats. Of the people she asked, 106 people had cats and 694 did not. How many cat owners are predicted to live in the town?

Answer 1

There are 17225 cat owners live in town

Answer 2

Given :

Total population = 130000

On survey,

Number of people had cats = 106

Number of people had not cats = 694

Total = $106+694=800$

To find : The number of cat owners to live in the town = ?

Solution :

So, Probability of cat owners would be

$\dfrac{106}{800}$

So, the number of cat owners are predicted to live in the town would be

$\dfrac{106}{800}\times 130000\\\\=17225$

Hence, there are 17225 cat owner are predicted to live in the town.