According to a report, 56.9%of murders are committed with a firearm. (a) If 100 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm? (b) Would it be unusual to observe 70 murders by firearm in a random sample of 100 murders? Why?

According to a report, 56.9%of murders are committed with a firearm. (a) If 100 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm? (b) Would it be unusual to observe 70 murders by firearm in a random sample of 100 murders? Why?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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