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Question 2 • ****Summer 2026 Common Core Algebra I - MA3109 B-IC MEF22QXV

Valeriya wants to determine the likely voting outcome for the new town council election. Which sample is likely to yield the most biased results?

Answer
A
every tenth person working for the largest corporation in town
B
ten people chosen at random from each page of the town’s phone list
C
every tenth person walking down Main Street in town on a variety of days and times of the day
D
ten eligible voters chosen at random from each of the different neighborhoods in town

Explanation

A representative sample should include eligible voters from across the town. Sampling people who work for the largest corporation leaves out many residents and overrepresents that corporation’s employees, whose views may differ from other voters. The other methods draw people from a broader range of the town, so A is most likely to produce biased results.

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