In a recent poll of 300 home-owners in Calgary, 240 said that they would not vote for a particular political candidate in the upcoming election. Assuming these home-owners are representative of all Calgary residents, then: a) In a random sample of 15 Calgary residents, what is the probability that more than 9 would not vote for this candidate in the next election?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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2. In a recent poll of 300 home-owners in Calgary, 240 said that they would not vote for a particular political candidate in the upcoming election. Assuming these home-owners are representative of all Calgary residents, then: a) In a random sample of 15 Calgary residents, what is the probability that more than 9 would not vote for this candidate in the next election? b) In the same poll of the 300 Calgary home-owners, seventy five percent said they owned a pet. Assuming again that these home-owners are representative of all Calgary residents, then in a random sample of 10 Calgary residents what is the probability that no more than I would own a pet?
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