Question

In the next election, 15,000 people will actually vote for Candidate A. A poll has a percent error of 4%. Which statement describes what number of people voting for Candidate A the poll could show? The poll could show either 9,000 or 21,000. The poll could show either 14,400 or 15,600. The poll could show either 14,423 or 15,625. The poll could show either 14,940 or 15,060.

Answer 1

The poll has an error of 600 votes. The total number of votes including the error shown by the poll is 15600 or 14400.

Statement B is correct.

What is the percentage?

A percentage can be defined as a relative number that shows the hundredth part of the given number. The percentage is represented by the sign "%".

Given that In the next election, 15,000 people will actually vote for Candidate A. A poll has a percent error of 4%.

The error can be calculated as given below.

$error = 15000 \times \dfrac {4}{100}$

$error = 600$

The poll has an error of 600 votes. This will affect the total number of votes in the election.

The total number of votes V including errors are given as,

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<em />$V = 15000 +/- error$

$V = 15000 + 600 = 15600$

or

$V = 15000-600 = 14400$

Hence we can conclude that the total number of votes including the error shown by the poll is 15600 or 14400. Statement B is correct.

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