3b. [4 marks] The Head of Year, Mrs Smith, decides to select a student at random from the year group to read the notices in assembly. There are 80 students in total in the year group. Mrs Smith calculates the probability of picking a male student 8 times in the first 20 assemblies is 0.153357 correct to 6 decimal places. Find the number of male students in the year group.

3b. [4 marks] The Head of Year, Mrs Smith, decides to select a student at random from the year group to read the notices in assembly. There are 80 students in total in the year group. Mrs Smith calculates the probability of picking a male student 8 times in the first 20 assemblies is 0.153357 correct to 6 decimal places. Find the number of male students in the year group.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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