Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Normal Probability Distributions - Section 5.5 Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions - Exercises - Page 281: 1

Answer

No we cannot use the normal approximation to the binomial.

Work Step by Step

n = 24, p = 0.85, q = 0.15 If np $\geq$ 5 and nq $\geq$ 5 we can use the normal approximation to the binomial. np = 24 $\times$ 0.85 = 20.4 nq = 24 $\times$ 0.15 = 3.6
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