Twelve jurors are needed for an upcoming trial. The
diagram below illustrates a part of the process of jury
selection. The 12 jurors will be selected from a jury
pool of about 60 people. The court records show a
trend that only 40% of the people who are summoned
for jury duty actually appear and that of the people
who appear, 31are excused. If this same trend
continues, how many people should be summoned to
have as close as possible to 60 people in the jury pool?
For a jury pool of 60, where a third is excused:
(1−31)Appeared=Jury pool
(32)Appeared=60
Appeared=60⋅23=90
For 90 people to show up, when only 40% of those summoned do:
(0.4)Summoned=Appeared
(0.4)Summoned=90
104Summoned=90
Summoned=90⋅410=225