document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=407230>Question 407230</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An independent poll of college students showed that 50% of college students watch the Winter Olympics.  For a sample of 120 students selected at random, what is the mean and variance of the number of students who watch this evident?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Binomial Problem when n = 120 and p = 0.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mean = np = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "variance = npq = 60*0.5 = 30<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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