At the Boston Children's Museum, it was estimated that 38% of all visitors are from in state. On Saturday, 8,000 people attended the museum. What is the number of out-of-state people in attendance?

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If 38% of visitors are in-state, then 62% must be out-of-state. To find out how many people are out-of-state, we can multiply the total attendance by the percentage of out-of-state visitors:

62% = 0.62 (as a decimal)

Out-of-state attendance = 0.62 × 8,000 = 4,960

Therefore, the number of out-of-state people in attendance is 4,960, which corresponds to choice C.

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