SOLUTION: According to the manufacturer of Candy-Coated Sugar Blivets, twenty percent of all the Blivets they sell are pink. Assuming that a bag of Candy-Coated Sugar Blivets is a random sam

Question 1186283: According to the manufacturer of Candy-Coated Sugar Blivets, twenty percent of all the Blivets they sell are pink. Assuming that a bag of Candy-Coated Sugar Blivets is a random sample containing 175 Blivets, find the smallest and the largest "usual" values for the number of pink Blivets in a bag. Remember that the number of pink Blivets in a bag has to be a whole number.
smallest usual value =
largest usual value =
Answer by ikleyn(52780) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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15% of 175 is  0.15*175 = 26.25.


In order for the answer was meaningful, we should round this decimal up and down to the closest integer numbers.


So, the "usual" numbers are 26 (minimum) and 27 (maximum).

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This easy problem is to check your common sense.

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