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Bryan is sitting on a bench in the mall. He noticed that 18 out of the last 60 men who walked by had a beard. Considering this data, how many of the next 90 men who walk by should Bryan expect to have a beard

Bryan is sitting on a bench in the mall. He noticed that 18 out of the last 60 men who walked by had a beard. Considering this data, how many of the next 90 men who walk by should Bryan expect to have a beard?

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Quizzma TeamMarch 22, 2025

To find out how many men Bryan should expect to have a beard among the next 90 men, we can use the proportion of men with beards from the previous observation.

From the data:

– 18 men out of 60 had a beard.

First, we can find the proportion of men with beards:

[ text{Proportion} = frac{18}{60} = 0.3 ]

Now, we can apply this proportion to the next 90 men:

[ text{Expected men with a beard} = 0.3 times 90 = 27 ]

So, Bryan should expect about 27 men out of the next 90 to have a beard.