A computer network manager wants to test the reliability of some new and expensive fiber-optic Ethernet cables that computer department just received.The computer department received 3 boxes containing 10 cables each.The manager does not have the time to test every cable in each box.The manager will choose one box at random and test 2 cables chosen randomly within that box.What is the sample?

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The sample is the 2 cables chosen for testing within the randomly chosen box. This represents a subset of the population (the 30 cables in total). The other answer choices refer to the population as a whole or aspects of it, but do not represent a specific subset that the manager is testing.

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