In the 1992 presidential election, Alaska's 40 election districts averaged 2108 votes per district for President Clinton. The standard deviation was 570. (There are only 40 election districts in Alaska.) The distribution of the votes per district for President Clinton was bell-shaped. Let X = number of votes for President Clinton for an election district. (Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts) Round all answers except part e. to 4 decimal places. PLEASE ROUND TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES!! Is 2108 a population mean or a sample mean? Select an answer Sample Mean Population Mean  c. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had fewer than 2063 votes for President Clinton.  d. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had between 2295 and 2481 votes for President Clinton.  e. Find the third quartile for votes for President Clinton. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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In the 1992 presidential election, Alaska's 40 election districts averaged 2108 votes per district for President Clinton. The standard deviation was 570. (There are only 40 election districts in Alaska.) The distribution of the votes per district for President Clinton was bell-shaped. Let X = number of votes for President Clinton for an election district. (Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts) Round all answers except part e. to 4 decimal places.

PLEASE ROUND TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES!!

Is 2108 a population mean or a sample mean? Select an answer Sample Mean Population Mean 

c. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had fewer than 2063 votes for President Clinton. 

d. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had between 2295 and 2481 votes for President Clinton. 

e. Find the third quartile for votes for President Clinton. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Alaska's 40 election districts

X = number of votes for President Clinton for an election district. 

The distribution of the votes per district for President Clinton was bell-shaped. 

mean = 2108 votes per district for President Clinton.

The standard deviation was 570.

 

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