Question: ( d ) In an election, a proportion p will vote for candidate G and a proportion 1 - p will vote for candidate B

(d) In an election, a proportion p will vote for candidate G and a
proportion 1-p will vote for candidate B. In an election poll,
a number of voters are asked for whom they will vote. Let xi
be the indicator random variable for the event "the ith person
interviewed will vote for G." A model for the election poll is that
the the people to be interviewed are selected in such a way that
the indicator random variables x1,x2,dots, are independent and
have a Ber(p) distribution.
i. Suppose xn is used to predict p According to Chebyshev's
inequality, how large should n be such that the probability
that xn is within 0.2 of the "true" p ia at least 0.9?(5mks)
ii. If p>12 candidate G wins; if xn>12 you predict that G will
win. Find an n(as small as you can) such that the probability
that you predict correctly is at least 0.9, if in fact p=0.6(5
mks)
 (d) In an election, a proportion p will vote for candidate

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