A polling company conducted a survey of voters to obtain data for a political campaign. They selected 3500 voters randomly from the 16,800 names on the voter registration lists of the county and found that 1365 intended to vote for candidate Doe. The sample proportion is:
A) 0.081.
B) 0.208.
C) 0.39.
D) 0.1365.

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The sample proportion is calculated by dividing the number of voters intending to vote for candidate Doe by the total number of voters surveyed. So, 1365 divided by 3500 equals 0.39.

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