Fifty people in a Toronto shopping mall were surveyed

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Problem

Fifty people in a Toronto shopping mall were surveyed. It was found that 20 of them had been to an ice hockey game in the past year. From this survey, it was concluded that 40%40\% of people living in Canada have been to an ice hockey game in the past year. Give two reasons why this conclusion is unreliable.

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