Assume that 20% of the adult population in a given province has a college degree, and suppose we have a random sample of 1500 adults.What is a probability that more than 350 people in the sample have a college degree?Find such q so the number of people with a college degree in our random sample exceeds q with probability 95%.

Assume that 20% of the adult population in a given province has a college degree, and suppose we have a random sample of 1500 adults.What is a probability that more than 350 people in the sample have a college degree?Find such q so the number of people with a college degree in our random sample exceeds q with probability 95%.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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