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Which of these random samples represents a representative sample of the number of students in a middle school who walk to school

? a) All students in chess club b) 25 random 8th graders c) 150 random students at lunch d) 5 students in the hallway

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Westkost [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

c

Step-by-step explanation:

150 is a good sample of a middle school and students at lunch is random again because most students eat lunch

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1. 0.0910 = 9.10% probability that exactly 180 passengers show up for the flight.

2. 0.4522 = 45.22% probability that at most 180 passengers show up for the flight.

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This means that $p = 0.905$

Also assume that the airline sells 200 tickets

This means that $n = 200$

Question 1:

Exactly, so we can use the P(X = x) formula, to find P(X = 180).

$P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}$

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$\mu = E(X) = np = 200*0.905 = 181$

$\sigma = \sqrt{V(X)} = \sqrt{np(1-p)} = \sqrt{200*0.905*0.095} = 4.15$

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$p = 1 - 0.4522 = 0.5478$

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