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Nataly_w [17]
3 years ago
15

Consider the probability that at least 91 out of 155 students will pass their college placement exams. Assume the probability th

at a given student will pass their college placement exam is 59%.Approximate the probability using the normal distribution. Round your answer to four decimal places.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Hatshy [7]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

0.5616 = 56.16% probability that at least 91 out of 155 students will pass their college placement exams.

Step-by-step explanation:

Binomial probability distribution

Probability of exactly x sucesses on n repeated trials, with p probability.

Can be approximated to a normal distribution, using the expected value and the standard deviation.

The expected value of the binomial distribution is:

E(X) = np

The standard deviation of the binomial distribution is:

\sqrt{V(X)} = \sqrt{np(1-p)}

Normal probability distribution

Problems of normally distributed samples can be solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean \mu and standard deviation \sigma, the zscore of a measure X is given by:

Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

When we are approximating a binomial distribution to a normal one, we have that \mu = E(X), \sigma = \sqrt{V(X)}.

In this problem, we have that:

n = 155, p = 0.59

So

\mu = E(X) = np = 155*0.59 = 91.45

\sqrt{V(X)} = \sqrt{np(1-p)} = \sqrt{155*0.59*0.41} = 6.12

Probability that at least 91 out of 155 students will pass their college placement exams.

Using continuity correction, this is P(X \geq 91 - 0.5) = P(X \geq 90.5), which is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 90.5. So

Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}

Z = \frac{90.5 - 91.45}{6.12}

Z = -0.155

Z = -0.155 has a pvalue of 0.4384

1 - 0.4384 = 0.5616

0.5616 = 56.16% probability that at least 91 out of 155 students will pass their college placement exams.

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