SOLUTION: If you know that 35% of university students require vision correction (glasses or contact lenses) and assume that enrolment in classes is random, (a) How many students would you e

Question 988253: If you know that 35% of university students require vision correction (glasses or contact lenses) and assume that enrolment in classes is random,
(a) How many students would you expect to require vision correction in a class of 40?
(b) What distribution would the number of students in a class of 40 that require vision correction follow? Why?
I know what (a) is I'm just not sure how to do (b) thanks.

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A bell curve would be my choice. The students are random, so that typically makes any population follow a bell curve
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