Question

Mrs. Wood is a librarian at Westside Library. In examining a random sample of the library's book collection, she found the following. 716 books had no damage, 68 books had minor damage, and 43 books had major damage. Based on this sample, how many of the 36,500 books in the collection should Mrs. Wood expect to have major damage? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Do not round any intermediate calculations.

Answer 1

Using proportions, it is found that Mrs. Wood should expect 1,898 books out of the 36,500 to have major damage.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three.

For this problem, the proportion of books with major damage is:

43/(716 + 68 + 43) = 0.051995.

Hence, out of 36,500 books, the expected amount of books with major damage is:

0.051995 x 36,500 = 1898.

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