Question

a grocery store receives a shipment of 700 oranges the manager randomly selects 25 oranges to weigh. in that sample 2 oranges weigh 5 ounces. How many oranges in the shipment can the manager predict weigh 5 ounces

Answer 1

Set up a proportion

2 x
— = —
25 700

700(2)= 25(x)

1400/25=x

x=56