Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
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ISBN: 9781133103752
Author: Mendenhall, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 5.29E

Whitefly Infestation Suppose that 10% of the fields in a given agricultural area are infested with the sweet potato whitely. One hundred fields in this area are randomly selected and checked for whitelly.

a. What is the average number of fields sampled that are infested with whitely?

b. Within what limits would you expect to find the number of infested fields, with probability approximately 95%?

c. What might you conclude if you found that x = 25 fields were infested? Is it possible that one of the characteristics of a binomial experiment is not satisfied in this experiment? Explain.

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