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Question 630463: I am having a difficult time with this problem.
With 71.1% of a town's population made up of college students, what is the probability that in a random sample of 150 people from the town, more than 50 are not college students?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With 71.1% of a town's population made up of college students, what is the probability that in a random sample of 150 people from the town, more than 50 are not college students?
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Binomial Problem withe n = 150 and P(not college) = 0.289
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P(x > 50) = 1 - binomcdf(150,0.289,49) = 0.1345
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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