In a survey of 1189 ​people, 747 people said they voted in a recent presidential election. Voting records show that ​60% of eligible voters actually did vote. Given that ​60% of eligible voters actually did​ vote, (a) find the probability that among 1189 randomly selected​ voters, at least 747 actually did vote.​ (b) What do the results from part​ (a) suggest? ​(a) ​P(X>747​)   (b) What does the result from part​ (a) suggest?   A.Some people are being less than honest because ​P(x≥747​) is less than​ 5%.

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In a survey of 1189 ​people, 747 people said they voted in a recent presidential election. Voting records show that ​60% of eligible voters actually did vote. Given that ​60% of eligible voters actually did​ vote, (a) find the probability that among 1189 randomly selected​ voters, at least 747 actually did vote.​ (b) What do the results from part​ (a) suggest? ​(a) ​P(X>747​)

 

(b) What does the result from part​

(a) suggest?

 

A.Some people are being less than honest because ​P(x≥747​) is less than​ 5%.

 

B.People are being honest because the probability of ​P(x≥747​) is less than​ 5%.

 

C.People are being honest because the probability of ​P(x≥747​) is at least​ 1%.

 

D.Some people are being less than honest because ​P(x≥747​) is at least​ 1%.

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