A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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1. Out of a sample of 150 people who walked into a fast-food restaurant, 135 said they prefer ketchup to mustard on their hamburgers. With 89% confidence, what is the confidence interval for the population mean of customers that prefer ketchup to mustard on their hamburgers?
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CI = (86.09%, 93.91%)
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CI = (85.20%, 94.80%)
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CI = (82.61%, 95.87%)
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CI = (83.69%, 96.31)

 

2. Out of all the students that attend Yale University, 1,982 were selected to participate in a school survey about their commute to school. 70% said that their commute to school was fine, while the others were dissatisfied with their commute. Calculate a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of students at Yale who feel their commute to school is fine the way it is.
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CI = (68.76%, 71.98%)
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CI = (67.35%, 72.65%)
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CI = (68.31%, 71.69%)
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CI = (67.98%, 72.02%)

 

3. Out of a sample of 500 people, 25% exercise daily. What is the confidence interval for the population mean of people that exercise daily, given a confidence level of 95%?
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CI = (20.98%, 30.02%)
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CI = (21.81%, 28.19%)
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CI = (21.20%, 28.80%)
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CI = (20.01%, 29.99%)

 

4. The height of pyramids in Egypt is normally distributed. A sample of 125 pyramids had a mean height of 460.7 ft and a standard deviation of 4.1 feet. With 80% confidence, what is the maximum error of estimate for the actual population mean for the height of Egyptian pyramids?
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37.04%
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47.01%
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4.21%
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94.43%
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