Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - Chapter Quiz - Page 307: 22

Answer

a. $0.035$ b. $0.872$ c. $0.126$

Work Step by Step

Use binomial distribution with $p=0.6, n=20$ a. Exactly 15 are employed $P(X=15)=0.035$ b. At least 10 are employed $P(X\geq10)=1-P(X\leq9)=0.872$ c. At most 5 are not employed outside the home $P(X\geq15)=1-P(X\leq14)=0.126$
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