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In June of 2012, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed banning the sale of any reg-ular soda or other sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 oz. A fast food chain polled a random sample of 2500 of its regular customers and found that 63% opposed the ban, 28% supported the ban, and 9% had no opinion.
-Is this sample representative of the population of ALL New York City residents?


A) Yes, because it is a random sample.
B) Yes, because the sample size was large.
C) No, because the entire population was not surveyed.
D) No, because the people in this sample would be more likely to drink regular soda or other sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 oz than the general population.

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