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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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A crowd of 28,760 fans will be attending a soccer game. On average 27% of attendees will want to buy a meat pie. Use a normal distribution to find how many meat pies the stadium should order to ensure a less than 20% chance of running out of meat pies. (Note that no σ has been provided. To determine it, we assume that we are approximating a binomial distribution in which σ 2 = np(1−p). Moreover, to correct for issues in approximating a discrete quanity (people) using a continuous distribution, it is normal to subtract 0.5 from lower bounds and add 0.5 to upper bounds.)

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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