A recent study attempted to estimate the proportion of Florida residents who were willing to spend more taxdollars on protecting the Florida beaches from environmental disasters. Forty-two hundred Florida residentswere surveyed. Which of the following is the population used in the study?
A) all Florida residents
B) the 4200 Florida residents surveyed
C) the Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax dollars on protecting the beaches from environmental disasters
D) all Florida residents who lived along the beaches

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The population in the study refers to the entire group of individuals the research aims to understand or make inferences about, which in this case is all Florida residents. The survey of 4200 residents is a sample used to represent this larger group.

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