Question

Katie is walking in an orange grove. She looks at all of the orange trees. She wants to find out how many seeds are in each orange.
What can she do to collect data?
A.
Measure each tree to see how tall it is.
B.
Gather a few oranges and see how many seeds are in each.
C.
Plant an orange seed and see how much fruit grows on the tree.
D.
Count the number of trees in the grove.

Answer 1

Answer:

What she can do to collect the data is;

B. Gather a few oranges and see how many seeds are in each

Explanation:

The quantity Katie wants to find out is the number of seeds contained in each orange

Therefore, the required population = The number of seeds in a given orange

The method of estimation of the number of seeds per orange is sampling method, whereby the number of seeds in each of the orange in the sample is used to as an hypothesis as to the number of seeds expected in each orange of the entire population.

Therefore, in order to collect the data, she can gather a few oranges and see how many seeds are in each.