A newspaper publisher claims that 70% of the people in a community read their newspaper. Doubting the

Question:

A newspaper publisher claims that 70% of the people in a community read their newspaper. Doubting the assertion, a competitor randomly surveys 200 people in the community. Based on the publisher’s claim (and assuming a binomial distribution),

(A) Compute the mean and standard deviation.

(B) Determine whether the rule-of-thumb test warrants the use of a normal distribution to approximate this binomial distribution.

(C) Calculate the approximate probability of finding at least 130 and no more than 155 readers in the sample.

(D) Determine the approximate probability of finding 125 or fewer readers in the sample.

(E) Use a graphing calculator to graph the relevant normal distribution.

Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  book-img-for-question

Finite Mathematics For Business Economics Life Sciences And Social Sciences

ISBN: 9780134862620

14th Edition

Authors: Raymond Barnett, Michael Ziegler, Karl Byleen, Christopher Stocker

Question Posted: