In an effort to identify the true proportion of first-year university students who are under 18 years of age, a random sample of 500 first-year students was taken. Only 50 of them were under the age of 18. The value 0.10 would be used as a point estimate to the true proportion of first-year students aged under 18.

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The point estimate for the proportion is calculated by dividing the number of first-year students under 18 (50) by the total number of students sampled (500), which equals 0.10.

In an Effort to Identify the True Proportion of First-Year