SOLUTION: Ques 2: Editor and Publisher Yearbook releases figures on the top newspapers in the United
States. Shown here are the top 25 daily city newspapers in the United States ranked
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Question 1163898: Ques 2: Editor and Publisher Yearbook releases figures on the top newspapers in the United
States. Shown here are the top 25 daily city newspapers in the United States ranked
according to circulation.
Rank New paper
1 New York Times (NY)
2 Los Angeles Times (CA)
3 Washington Post (DC)
4 New York Daily News (NY)
5 Chicago Tribune (IL)
6 Long Island Newsday (NY)
7 Houston Chronicle (TX)
8 Dallas Morning News (TX)
9 Chicago Sun-Times (IL)
10 Boston globe (MA)
11 San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
12 Phoenix Arizona Republic (AZ)
13 New York Post (NY)
14 Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)
15 Denver Post (CO)
16 Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
17 Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
18 San Diego Union-Tribune (CA)
19 Detroit Free press (MI)
20 Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH)
21 Orange County Register (CA)
22 Portland Oregonian (OR)
23 Miami Herald (FL)
24 Minneapolis Star Tribune (MN)
25 St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Suppose a researcher wants to sample a portion of these newspapers and compare the
sizes of the business sections of the Sunday papers. She randomly samples eight of these
newspapers.
a. What is the probability that the sample contains exactly one newspaper located in New York State?
There are 25 newspapers listed, four of them are located in New York State, so the probability of selecting a New York State newspaper on any given trial is . You want the probability of exactly one success out of eight trials, so:
You can do your own arithmetic.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
