document.write( "Question 1198224: Sociologists say that 80% of married women claim that their husband’s mother is the biggest bone of contention in their marriages. Suppose that 5 married women are having coffe together one morning. What is the probability that :\r
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document.write( "1 exactly 3 of then dislike their mother- in law ?
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document.write( "2 all of them dislike their mother- in law ?
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document.write( "3 none of them dislike their mother -in law?
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document.write( "4 at least 4 of them dislike their mother in law?
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document.write( "5 no more than 3 of them dislike their mother in law ?
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document.write( "7 what is the expected number of women who dislike their mother in law ? What is the standard deviation of the distribution? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #831782 by ikleyn(52805)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "Sociologists say that 80% of married women claim that their husband’s mother \n" ); document.write( "is the biggest bone of contention in their marriages. \n" ); document.write( "Suppose that 5 married women are having coffe together one morning. \n" ); document.write( "What is the probability that : \n" ); document.write( "(1) exactly 3 of then dislike their mother- in law ? \n" ); document.write( "(2) all of them dislike their mother- in law ? \n" ); document.write( "(3) none of them dislike their mother -in law? \n" ); document.write( "(4) at least 4 of them dislike their mother in law? \n" ); document.write( "(5) no more than 3 of them dislike their mother in law ? \n" ); document.write( "(7) what is the expected number of women who dislike their mother in law ? \n" ); document.write( " What is the standard deviation of the distribution? \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "It is a binomial distribution probability problem.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "To facilitate my calculations, I will use an appropriate online (free of charge) calculator \r\n" ); document.write( "at this web-site \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "It provides a convenient input (and output) for all relevant options/cases.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(1) exactly 3 of them dislike their mother-in-law ?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of trials n = 5;\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of success trial k = 3;\r\n" ); document.write( " - Probability of success on a single trial p = 0.8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " P(n=5; k=3; p=0.8) = 0.2048 (rounded). ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(2) all of them dislike their mother-in law?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of trials n = 5;\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of success trial k = 5;\r\n" ); document.write( " - Probability of success on a single trial p = 0.8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " P(n=5; k=5; p=0.8) = 0.3277 (rounded). ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(3) none of them dislike their mother-in-law?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of trials n = 5;\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of success trial k = 0;\r\n" ); document.write( " - Probability of success on a single trial p = 0.8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " P(n=5; k=0; p=0.8) = 0.00032. ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(4) at least 4 of them dislike their mother-in-law?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of trials n = 5;\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of success trial k >= 4;\r\n" ); document.write( " - Probability of success on a single trial p = 0.8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " P(n=5; k>=4; p=0.8) = 0.7373 (rounded). ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(5) no more than 3 of them dislike their mother-in-law?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of trials n = 5;\r\n" ); document.write( " - number of success trial k <= 3;\r\n" ); document.write( " - Probability of success on a single trial p = 0.8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " P(n=5; k<=3; p=0.8) = 0.2627 (rounded). ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(7) The expected number of this binomial distribution is n*p = 5*0.8 = 4.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " The standard deviation is s =\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-----------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Do not think that this problem is very original. Similar problems come often to this forum.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See, for example, this link\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Probability-and-statistics/Probability-and-statistics.faq.question.1160081.html\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(it came couple of years ago . . . )\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |