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People with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 are considered obese. Recent reports indicate the rate of obesity is climbing nation-wide. In the 2011 report, Mississippi had the highest obesity rate, at 34.5% of adults. Georgia was in eighteenth place at 30.4%, while Colorado ranked last in obesity at 19.8%. If we selected a random sample of 1,000 adults from these three states and observed the number of obese individuals in the sample, X, the number of obese individuals __________________.

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Answer:

345

304

198

Step-by-step explanation:

What we must do is calculate the number of obese individuals for each state according to the given probabilities, we have that the sample is 1000 people, so:

For Mississippi:

1000 * 34.5% = 345  obese people

For Georgia:

1000 * 30.4% = 304  obese people

For Colorado:

1000 * 19.8% = 198 obese people

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