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Komok [63]
2 years ago
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In the following problem, check that it is appropriate to use the normal approximation to the binomial. Then use the normal dist

ribution to estimate the requested probabilities. Do you take the free samples offered in supermarkets? About 56% of all customers will take free samples. Furthermore, of those who take the free samples, about 39% will buy what they have sampled. Suppose you set up a counter in a supermarket offering free samples of a new product. The day you were offering free samples, 303 customers passed by your counter. (Round your answers to four decimal places.) (a) What is the probability that more than 180 will take your free sample? (b) What is the probability that fewer than 200 will take your free sample? (c) What is the probability that a customer will take a free sample and buy the product? Hint: Use the multiplication rule for dependent events. Notice that we are given the conditional probability P(buy|sample) = 0.39, while P(sample) = 0.56. (d) What is the probability that between 60 and 80 customers will take the free sample and buy the product? Hint: Use the probability of success calculated in part (c).
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1 answer:
WARRIOR [948]2 years ago
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Answer:

(a) The probability that more than 180 will take your free sample is 0.1056.

(b) The probability that fewer than 200 will take your free sample is 0.9997.

(c) The probability that a customer will take a free sample and buy the product is 0.2184.

(d) The probability that between 60 and 80 customers will take the free sample and buy the product is 0.8005.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that about 56% of all customers will take free samples. Furthermore, of those who take the free samples, about 39% will buy what they have sampled.

The day you were offering free samples, 303 customers passed by your counter.

Firstly, we will check that it is appropriate to use the normal approximation to the binomial, that is;

Is np > 5  and  n(1-p) > 5

In our question, n = sample of customers = 303

                          p = probability that customers will take free sample = 56%

So, np = 303 \times 0.56 = 169.68 > 5

     n(1-p) = 303 \times (1-0.56) = 133.32 > 5

Since, both conditions are satisfied so it is appropriate to use the normal approximation to the binomial.

Now, mean of the normal distribution is given by;

        Mean, \mu = n \times p = 169.68

Also, the standard deviation of the normal distribution is given by;

       Standard deviation, \sigma = \sqrt{n \times p \times (1-p)}

                                            = \sqrt{303 \times 0.56 \times (1-0.56)} = 8.64

Let X = Number of people who will take your free sample

The z score probability distribution for normal distribution is given by;

                           Z  =  \frac{X-\mu}{\sigma}  ~ N(0,1)

(a) The probability that more than 180 will take your free sample is given by = P(X > 180) = P(X > 180.5)     {Using continuity correction}

        P(X > 180.5) = P( \frac{X-\mu}{\sigma} > \frac{180.5-169.68}{8.64} ) = P(Z > 1.25) = 1 - P(Z < 1.25)

                                                                   = 1 - 0.8944 = <u>0.1056</u>

(b) The probability that fewer than 200 will take your free sample is given by = P(X < 200) = P(X < 199.5)     {Using continuity correction}

        P(X < 199.5) = P( \frac{X-\mu}{\sigma} < \frac{199.5-169.68}{8.64} ) = P(Z < 3.45) = <u>0.9997</u>

(c) We are given in the question that of those who take the free samples, about 39% will buy what they have sampled, this means that we have;

     P(Buy the product / taken a free sample) = 0.39

So, Probability(customer will take a free sample and buy the product) = P(customer take a free sample) \times P(Buy the product / taken a free sample)

     = 0.56 \times 0.39 = <u>0.2184</u>

(d) Now our mean and standard deviation will get changed because the probability of success now is p = 0.2184 but n is same as 303.

So, Mean, \mu = n \times p = 303 \times 0.2184 = 66.18

Standard deviation, \sigma = \sqrt{n \times p \times (1-p)}

                                    = \sqrt{303 \times 0.2184 \times (1-0.2184)} = 7.192

Now, the probability that between 60 and 80 customers will take the free sample and buy the product is given by = P(60 < X < 80) = P(59.5 < X < 80.5)         {Using continuity correction}

     P(59.5 < X < 80.5) = P(X < 80.5) - P(X \leq 59.5)

     P(X < 80.5) = P( \frac{X-\mu}{\sigma} < \frac{80.5-66.18}{7.192} ) = P(Z < 1.99) = 0.9767

     P(X \leq 59.5) = P( \frac{X-\mu}{\sigma} \leq \frac{59.5-66.18}{7.192} ) = P(Z \leq -0.93) = 1 - P(Z < 0.93)

                                                            = 1 - 0.8238 = 0.1762

Therefore, P(59.5 < X < 80.5) = 0.9767- 0.1762 = <u>0.8005.</u>

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