document.write( "Question 1058350: 80% = Yes
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document.write( "20% = No\r
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document.write( "A)Sample of 15
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document.write( "Probability more than 4 but fewer than 8 = Yes\r
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document.write( "B)Sample of 2000
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document.write( "Probability that more than 380 = No
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Algebra.Com's Answer #673400 by Boreal(15235) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Want probability of 5,6,7 \n" ); document.write( "15C5(.8)^5(.2)^10=3003*0.32768*0.0000001024=0.0001 \n" ); document.write( "15C6(.8^6)(.2)^9=0.0007 \n" ); document.write( "15C7(.8^7)(.2^8)=0.0035 \n" ); document.write( "Total is 0.0043. \n" ); document.write( "This should be small, since the expected value is 12 and the variance 12*(0.2)=2.4, so Std dev. between 1.5 and 1.6. These values are 3-4+ sd below the mean. \n" ); document.write( "----------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Treat as a normal distribution with mean np=400 \n" ); document.write( "Variance is np(1-p)=400(.8)=320 \n" ); document.write( "Std dev is sqrt (320)=17.89 \n" ); document.write( "probability it is >380 is \n" ); document.write( "probability that z is > (x-mean)/sd=(380-400)/17.89=-1.11 \n" ); document.write( "That is 0.8682 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |