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Have you ever tried to get out of jury duty? About 22% of those called will find an excuse (work, poor health, travel out of town, etc.) to avoid jury duty.†
(b) If 12 people are called for jury duty, what is the
(c) Find the expected number of those available to serve on the jury. What is the standard deviation? (Round your standard deviation to two decimal places.)
μ = people |
σ = people |
(d) What is the smallest number of people n that the jury commissioner contact to be at least 95.9% sure of finding at least 12 people who are available to serve? (Enter your answer as a whole number.)
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