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2021-11-26

(a) 
(i) According to a survey, one in five Americans claim to have seen a doctor during the past month. If 10 people are selected at random, find the binomial probability that exactly 4 will have visited a doctor last month. 
(ii) An average sales company receives 4 calls per hour on their toll-free line. For any given hour, find the probability that it will receive less than equal 3 calls. 
(b) Full-time Ph.D students receive an average of $12,837 per year. If the average salaries are normally distributed with a standard deviation of $1500, find these probabilities. 
(i) The student makes more than $14,000. 
(ii) The student makes between $13,000 and $15,000.

Answer & Explanation

Camem1937

Camem1937

Beginner2021-11-27Added 10 answers

Step 1
A.
i. n=10
p=0.20
X=number of people who visit doctor
X follows binomial distribution with parameters n and p
P(X=4)=0.088080
ii. X= number of phone calls
X follows Poisson distribution with parameter 4
P(X3)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)+P(X=3)
=0.0183+0.0733+0.1465+0.1954
=0.4335
Step 2
b. X= salaries
Average of X=$12837
Standard deviation of X=s=$1500
i. P(X>14000)
Using standard normal distribution Z,
=P(Z>0.775333)
=0.2191
ii. P(13000<X<15000)
=P(0.1086667<Z<1.442)
=0.0141

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