Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Continuous Random Variables - Exercises 5.73 - 5.92 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 256: 5.75a

Answer

It is appropriate to use a normal distribution as an approximation for the probability distribution of $x$ because the interval $(2.65,17.35)$ lies completely within the range from 0 to 25.

Work Step by Step

$q=1-p=1-.4=.6$ $\mu=25(.4)=10$ $\sigma=\sqrt {npq}=\sqrt {25(.4)(.6)}=2.45$ $\mu\pm3\sigma=10\pm3(2.45)=(2.65,17.35)$
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