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When an opinion poll calls landline telephone numbers at random, approximately 30% of the numbers are working residential phone

numbers. The remainder are either non-residential, non-working, or computer/fax numbers. You watch the random dialing machine make 20 calls. What is the mean number of calls that reach a person? Standard deviation?

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ioda3 years ago

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Answer:

Mean = 6

Standard Deviation = 4.2

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a binomial probability distribution problem.

The mean has formula:

$\mu = np$

The standard deviation has formula:

$\sigma=np(1-p)$

Where n is the number of calls [20]

p is the probability of success [30=0.3]

Let's put these into the formula:

$\mu=np\\\mu=(20)(0.3)\\\mu=6$

and

$\sigma=np(1-p)\\\sigma=(20)(0.3)(1-0.3)\\\sigma=(20)(0.3)(0.7)\\\sigma=4.2$

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