If a sample of 346 swimmers is taken from a population of 460 swimmers, the population mean, w, is the mean of how many swimmers' times?

It is the mean of 460 swimmers

Explanation:

In this question, we are concerned with knowing the mean of the population w

Now, according to the question at hand, we have a total population of 460 swimmers and we have taken out 346 swimmers for a study

The population mean in this case is simply the mean of the swimming times of the 460 swimmers

There is another related thing here called the sample mean. For the sample mean, we only make a reference to the mean of the 346 swimmers who were taken out from the population to conduct a separate study

So conclusively, the population mean w is simply the mean of the total 460 swimmers