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(a) If 400 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm? (b) Would it be unusual to observe 208 murders by firearm in a random sample of 400 murders? Why

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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