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The manager of Lawn and Garden Services would like to estimate the proportion of her employees' time spent performing various gardening and lawn care activities. She has made 400 random observations of a typical worker, with the following results: Activity Time Observed Mowing 200 Trimming 80 Raking 40 Miscellaneous 80 What is the probability that the true proportion of time spent mowing is exactly equal to the sample proportion? a) 1 b) 0 c) .5 d) .2 e) 1

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          The manager of Lawn and Garden Services would like to estimate the proportion of her employees' time spent performing various gardening and lawn care activities. She has made 400 random observations of a typical worker, with the following results:
Activity Time Observed
Mowing 200 
Trimming 80 
Raking 40 
Miscellaneous 80 
What is the probability that the true proportion of time spent mowing is exactly equal to the sample proportion?
a) 1
b) 0
c) .5
d) .2
e) 1

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The manager of Lawn and Garden Services would like to estimate the proportion of her employees' time spent performing various gardening and lawn care activities. She has made 400 random observations of a typical worker, with the following results: Activity Time Observed Mowing 200 Trimming 80 Raking 40 Miscellaneous 80 What is the probability that the true proportion of time spent mowing is exactly equal to the sample proportion? a) 1 b) 0 c) .5 d) .2 e) 1