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(a)
Section 1:
To find: Themean for the average number of friends per user for the provided sample.
(a)
Section 1:

Answer to Problem 20E
Solution: The
Explanation of Solution
The sample mean of average number of friends per user is calculated by the formula as:
μˉx=n=70∑i=1ˉxin=ˉx1+ˉx2+..+ˉx69+ˉx7070=190+190+...+19070=190
It is provided that average number of friends on Facebook for eachuser is 190and the sample of70adult users is taken. Hence, the mean of the average number of friends per adult user is 190friends.
Section 2:
To find: The sample standard deviationfor the mean number of friends per adult user.
Section 2:

Answer to Problem 20E
Solution: The sample standard deviation is 34.423.
Explanation of Solution
The standard deviation of sample means is calculated by the formula as:
σˉx=σ√n=288√70=34.423
Hence, the sample standard deviation of mean of numbers friends per adult user is 34.423.
(b)
To find: The
(b)

Answer to Problem 20E
Solution: The probability is 0.0409.
Explanation of Solution
The probability that the average number of friends for 70Facebook users is greater than 250will be given by:
P(ˉx>250)
The probability that ˉx is greater than 250is the area to the right of the normal curve. To find the area, first convert the value of sample mean ˉx>250 to a z-score and then obtain the area to the right of z-score from the standard normal table provided in the book.
The z-score for the value 250is calculated as:
P(ˉx>250)=P(ˉx−μσ/√n>250−190288/√70)=P(z>1.74)=1−P(z≤1.74)=1−0.9591=0.0409
The area under the curveto the right of P(z≤1.74) by using the standard normal table is obtained as 0.0409.
Therefore, the required probability that the sample of 70 Facebook users has minimum of 250 friends is 0.0409.
(c)
Section 1:
To find: The mean of total number of friends in the provided sample.
(c)
Section 1:

Answer to Problem 20E
Solution: The mean is27040.
Explanation of Solution
The sample mean of mean follow the approximate
ˉx≈N(190,34.4232)
And the total number of friends follows normal distribution with mean and variance as::
70∑i=1xi≈N(70×190,70×34.4232)70∑i=1xi≈N(13300,82946.01)
Hence, the mean of total number of friends in the sample is 13300.
Section 2:
To find: The standard deviation of total number of friends in the provided sample.
Section 2:

Answer to Problem 20E
Solution: The standard deviation is 288.
Explanation of Solution
The sample standard deviation of mean follow the approximate normal distribution with mean as 190and sample standard deviation as 34.423 and the sample standard deviation of total number of friends is calculated as:
ˉx≈N(190,34.4232)
And the total number of friends follows normal distribution with mean and variance as:
70∑i=1xi≈N(70×190,70×34.4232)70∑i=1xi≈N(13300,82946.01)
Hence, the standard deviation of total number of friends is calculated as:
√82946.01=288
(d)
To find: The probability that the total number of friends for 70Facebook users is greater than 17500.
(d)

Answer to Problem 20E
Solution: The probability is 1.
Explanation of Solution
The required probability that the mean of total number of friends of 70users is greater than 17500; that is the required probability will be given by:
70∑i=1xi≈N(70×190,70×34.4232)y=70∑i=1xi≈N(13300,82946.01)
The probability that y is greater than 17500is the area to the right of the normal curve. To find the area, first convert the value of sample mean y>17500 to a z-score and then obtain the area to the right of z-score from the standard normal table provided in the book.
The z-score for the value 17500is calculated as:
P(Y>17500)=P(y−μσ>17500−13300288)=P(z>−14.58)=1−P(z≤−14.58)=1
The area under the curve to the right of P(z≤−14.58) is obtained as 0.000 from the standard normal table.
Therefore, the obtained probability is 1.
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