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One characteristic measured about high schools is the percent free​ lunch, which is the percentage of the student body that is eligible for free and​ reduced-price lunches. The top 100 ​schools, grouped according to their percent free​ lunch, is as follows.

Percent free

lunch​ (x)

Number of top

100

ranked high schools

0< 10

46   

10r< 20

20

20 <r < 30

12

30 <r < 40

10

40 leq x <

12

If stratified random sampling with proportional allocation is used to select a sample of 25 high​ schools, how many would be selected from the stratum with a​ percent-free-lunch value of 20 ≤ x< 30​?​(Round up to the nearest​ integer.)

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No of schools with percent free lunch value 20<= x <=30 is 12 in top 100 schools.

If a stratified random sample with proportional allocation is taken for a sample size of 25, then the number of schools to be chosen = 12 x 25/100 = 3

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