Question

The nationwide adults smoking rate is 17.5%. In a random sample of 4074 American adults, how many of these are likely to smoke? Round to the nearest integer.

Answer 1

From the problem, 17.5% are smokers, in a random sample of 4074, the number of smokers will be the product of percentage and the random sample.

$0.175\times4074=712.95$

The answer rounded to the nearest integer is 713