document.write( "Question 252519: Can someone please point me in the right direction with this experiment. Probabilities and Binomial Experiments.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "U.S. Population by Region. The U.S. population by region (in millions) for selected years is given in the table. Find the probability that a U.S. resident selected at random satisfies the following:
\n" ); document.write( "a.) lived in the West in 1997.
\n" ); document.write( "b.) lived in the Midwest in 1995.
\n" ); document.write( "c.) lived in the Northwest or Midwest in 1997.
\n" ); document.write( "d.) lived in the South or West in 1997.
\n" ); document.write( "e.) What are the odds that a randomly selected U.S. resident in 2000 was not from the South?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "REGION 1995 1997 2000
\n" ); document.write( "Northwest 51.4 51.6 53.6
\n" ); document.write( "Midwest 61.8 62.5 64.4
\n" ); document.write( "South 91.8 94.2 100.2
\n" ); document.write( "West 57.7 59.4 63.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(Answers) a. .222 b. .235 c. .426 d. .574 e. 302 to 167
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the first thing to do is finish the table with totals for us population for each year in question
\n" ); document.write( "REGION 1995 1997 2000
\n" ); document.write( "Northwest 51.4 51.6 53.6
\n" ); document.write( "Midwest 61.8 62.5 64.4
\n" ); document.write( "South 91.8 94.2 100.2
\n" ); document.write( "West 57.7 59.4 63.2
\n" ); document.write( "sum(1995)=51.4+61.8+91.8+57.7
\n" ); document.write( "sum(1997)=51.6+62.5+94.2+59.4=267.7
\n" ); document.write( "sum(2000)=53.6+64.4+100.2+63.2
\n" ); document.write( "a) lived in west in 1997
\n" ); document.write( "59.4/267.7=.2219=.222
\n" ); document.write( "so the part over the whole= probability \n" ); document.write( "
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