Question 270600: Can someone please help me answer the following question? Thank you.
Find the number of successes x suggested by the given statement.
5. Among 660 adults selected randomly from among the residents of one town, 30.2% said that they favor stronger gun-control laws.
6. Among 1400 randomly selected car drivers in one city, 8.29% said that they had been involved in an accident during the past year.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the number of successes x suggested by the given statement.
5. Among 660 adults selected randomly from among the residents of one town, 30.2% said that they favor stronger gun-control laws.
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# of "successes" = 0.302*660 = 199
6. Among 1400 randomly selected car drivers in one city, 8.29% said that they had been involved in an accident during the past year.
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# of "successes" = 0.0829*1400 = 116
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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