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CBS News reported that 4% of adult Americans have a food allergy (June 1, 2017, cbsnews.com/news/food-allergies-in-america-new-report-shellfish-peanut-dairy, retrieved March 25, 2018). Consider selecting 10 adult Americans at random. Define the random variable x as
Find the following
- a. p(x < 3)
- b. p(x ≤ 3)
- c. p(x ≥ 4)
- d. p(1 ≤ x ≤ 3)
a.
Find
Answer to Problem 51E
The value of
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
It is given that 4% of Country A adults have a food allergy and 10 Country A adults are randomly selected. The random variable x is defined as number of people in the sample of 10 that have a food allergy.
Here, there are fixed number of trials. That is, n = 10. There are two possible outcomes (adult with food allergy and adult without food allergy), outcomes are independent, and probability of success is fixed for each trial. Thus, the random variable x follows binomial distribution with n = 10 and p = 0.04.
The binomial probability is,
The required probability is obtained as given below:
Thus, the value of
b.
Find
Answer to Problem 51E
The value of
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The required probability is obtained as given below:
Thus, the value of
c.
Find
Answer to Problem 51E
The value of
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The required probability is obtained as given below:
Thus, the value of
d.
Find
Answer to Problem 51E
The value of
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The required probability is obtained as given below:
Thus, the value of
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