Acity employee collected survey data from 2330 randomly selected residents. a total of 865 of these residents said that they thought the city should devote more city funds to repair roads.

to the nearest percent, what is a good estimate of the percentage of all residents who thought this?

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Given:
sample: 2330
devote more city funds to repair roads: 865

865/2330 = 0.37
0.37 x 100% = 37%

2330 represents the population. It is a sample of the population. Whatever percentage that can be derived from the survey will infer to what the population will choose.

To the nearest percent, the good estimate of the percentage of all residents who thought this is 37%