SOLUTION: if 8.3% of the population has diabetes, what is the probability that in a random sample of 100 people, exactly 9 of them have diabetes?

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Question 686984: if 8.3% of the population has diabetes, what is the probability that in a random sample of 100 people, exactly 9 of them have diabetes?
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if 8.3% of the population has diabetes, what is the probability that in a random sample of 100 people, exactly 9 of them have diabetes?
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Binomial Problem with n = 100 ; p(diabetic) = 0.083
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P(x = 9) = 100C9(0.083)^9*(0.917)^91 = binompdf(100,0.083,9) = 0.1338
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Stan H.