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Brand Y Cola sponsors a survey of 15,559 residents of Texas to determine which brand of cola they prefer. Forty percent say they prefer Brand X, and 60 percent say they prefer Brand Y. Which of the following is the population sample?
a. the residents of Texas
b.the 15,559 residents
c.the 40 percent who prefer Brand X Cola
d.the 60 percent who prefer Brand Y Cola

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TaeKwonDoIsDead

"Brand Y Cola sponsors a survey of 15,559 residents of Texas to determine which brand of cola they prefer."

Look at the bold part of the sentence above.

The sample taken is those specific 15,559 residents that are from Texas, NOT the whole population of Texas, just some sample.

So, that specific 15,559 residents are the sample. Answer choice B is correct.


ANSWER: B

pstnonsonjoku

A sample is a representation of the whole. These 15,559 residents of Texas is the sample.

What is a sample?

A sample is a little representative portion taken from a large sample space in order to determine the any parameter involving the whole sample space.

In this case, 15,559 residents of Texas were selected to be studied out of all the residents of Texas. These 15,559 residents of Texas is the sample. The entire population living in Texas is the sample space to be studied and from there a sample is selected.

Learn more about sampling: https://brainly.com/question/11045407

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