A building contractor has a chance to buy an odd lot of 3,000 used bricks at an auction. she is interested in determining the proportion of bricks in the lot that are cracked and therefore unusable for her current project, but she does not have enough time to inspect all 3,000 bricks. instead, she checks 100 bricks to determine which ones are cracked.

What is the population of interest?
A. all 3,000 bricks in the lot
B. the 100 bricks selected for inspection
C. the rest of the 8,700 bricks
D. the rest of the 8,850 bricks
E. all building contractors