Question

A television rating services found that out of a sample of 105 households, 43 were watching Town Talk during its time slot. Suppose there are 177,000 households in a marketing region. How many of them would you to expect to be watching Town Talk?

Answer 1

ratio households watching Town Talk

$r=\frac{43}{100}=0.43$

Suppose there are 177,000 households in a marketing region. How many of them would you expect to be watching Town Talk?

$\begin{gathered} Household_{region}=r\cdot\: 177000 \\ Household_{region}=0.43\cdot\: 177000=76110 \end{gathered}$