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The student government claims that 75% of all students favor an increase in student fees to buy indoor potted plants for the classrooms. A random sample of 8 students produced 2 in favor of the project. (a) What is the probability that 2 or fewer in the sample will favor the project, assuming the student government's claim is correct? (Use 3 decimal places.) ______ (b) Do the data support the student government's claim, or does it seem that the percentage favoring the increase in fees is less than 75%? -The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is equal to 75%. -The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is greater than 75%. -The data do not give us any indication that the percent favoring the increase in fees differs from 75%. -The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is less than 75%

The student government claims that 75% of all students favor an increase in student fees to buy indoor potted plants for the classrooms. A random sample of 8 students produced 2 in favor of the project. (a) What is the probability that 2 or fewer in the sample will favor the project, assuming the student government's claim is correct? (Use 3 decimal places.) ______ (b) Do the data support the student government's claim, or does it seem that the percentage favoring the increase in fees is less than 75%? -The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is equal to 75%. -The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is greater than 75%. -The data do not give us any indication that the percent favoring the increase in fees differs from 75%. -The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is less than 75%

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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The student government claims that 75% of all students favor an increase in student fees to buy indoor potted plants for the classrooms. A random sample of 8 students produced 2 in favor of the project.

 
(a) What is the probability that 2 or fewer in the sample will favor the project, assuming the student government's claim is correct? (Use 3 decimal places.)
 
______

(b) Do the data support the student government's claim, or does it seem that the percentage favoring the increase in fees is less than 75%?
 
-The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is equal to 75%.
-The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is greater than 75%.
-The data do not give us any indication that the percent favoring the increase in fees differs from 75%.
-The data seem to indicate that the percent favoring the increase in fees is less than 75%.
 
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