If 206 people in a sample of 560 people say that they "liked a product" that they purchased during a test market study in Cincinnati, the proportion of people in this study who said that they liked this product was about _____.
A) 0.40
B) 0.37
C) 0.56
D) 2.71

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To find the proportion, we need to divide the number of people who said they liked the product (206) by the total number of people in the sample (560). 
206/560 = 0.3679 (rounded to four decimal places) 
So the proportion of people in this study who said they liked the product was about 0.37. Therefore, the answer is option B.

If 206 People in a Sample of 560 People Say