In a certain survey, 1,200 people were asked which the

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In a certain survey, 1,200 people were asked which they preferred, comedic films or dramatic films. If each respondent expressed a preference for one or the other, how many female respondents surveyed preferred comedic films?

1) Seventy-four percent of the females preferred dramatic films.
2) Sixty-four percent of the respondents preferred dramatic films.

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We are given:
total sample (T) = 1200
total like dramatic (D) = 0.64 (T)
female that like dramatic (Df) = 0.74(f)

However, because we do not know the ratio of male to female, there is no way to know how much female like comedy.