Question

A poll of 1,200 voters asked what the most significant issue was in the upcoming election. Sixty-five percent answered the economy. We are interested in the population proportion of voters who feel the economy is the most important.

Define the random variable X in words

Short answer

The random variable $X$means the total number of voters that tells that the economy is most important

Step-by-step solution

Given information

Given in the question that

A poll of 1,200 voters asked what the most significant issue was in the upcoming election. Sixty-five percent answered the economy.

Solution

Here we need to define the random variable $X$

The total number of voters are $1200$

So, the random variable$X$means the number of voters that claims that the economy is the most important issue from the total number of voters.