A CBS News poll conducted June 10 and 11, 2006, among a nationwide random sample of 651 adults, asked those adults about their party affiliation (Democrat, Republican or none) and their opinion of how the US economy was changing ("getting better," "getting worse" or "about the same"). The results are shown in the table below. **The column titles are (left to right above each of the number columns) are as follows: better, same, worse Republican 38 104 44 Democrat 12 87 137 none 21 90 118 Express each of your first five answers as a decimal and round to the nearest 0.001 (in other words, type 0.123, not 12.3% or 0.123456). (a) What fraction of survey respondents identified themselves as Republicans? (b) What fraction of survey respondents thought the economy was getting worse?

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  Question 1133503: A CBS News poll conducted June 10 and 11, 2006, among a nationwide random sample of 651 adults, asked those adults about their party affiliation (Democrat, Republican or none) and their opinion of how the US economy was changing ("getting better," "getting worse" or "about the same"). The results are shown in the table below.
**The column titles are (left to right above each of the number columns) are as follows: better, same, worse
Republican 38 104 44
Democrat 12 87 137
none 21 90 118
Express each of your first five answers as a decimal and round to the nearest 0.001 (in other words, type 0.123, not 12.3% or 0.123456).
(a) What fraction of survey respondents identified themselves as Republicans?

(b) What fraction of survey respondents thought the economy was getting worse?

 

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