document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1197155>Question 1197155</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Based on a recent Gallup poll, 45% of Americans believe that the overall state of moral values in the United States is poor.  Assume this percentage holds for the entire population.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For a random sample of 200 adult Americans, let X denote the number in the sample who do NOT believe that the overall state of moral values in the United States is poor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate the expected value of X.  Round your answer to two decimal places. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Based on a recent Gallup poll, 45% of Americans believe that the overall state of moral values <BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the United States is poor. Assume this percentage holds for the entire population.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For a random sample of 200 adult Americans, let X denote the number in the sample <BR>\n" );
document.write( "who do NOT believe that the overall state of moral values in the United States is poor.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Calculate the expected value of X. Round your answer to two decimal places.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is easy problem, and its solution is shorter than its formulation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    45% do believe - hence, 100% - 45% = 55% do not believe (we do not count those who has no their own opinion or fluctuate).\r\n" );
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document.write( "    55% of 200 adults is  0.55*200 = 110 adults.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    <U>ANSWER</U>.  The expected value of X is 110.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved, answered and explained.\r<BR>\n" );
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