Suppose a certain medical treatment is effective in 80% of the cases treated. Let Y denote the number of patients for which the treatment is effective in a random sample of 100 patients, Bin(n, p) with n = 100 and p = 0.8. Find an approximate probability that so that Y~ 75

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3. Suppose a certain medical treatment is effective in 80% of the cases treated. Let Y denote the
number of patients for which the treatment is effective in a random sample of 100 patients,
100 and p = 0.8. Find an approximate probability that
so that Y~
Bin(n, p) with n =
75 <Y < 87.
Transcribed Image Text:3. Suppose a certain medical treatment is effective in 80% of the cases treated. Let Y denote the number of patients for which the treatment is effective in a random sample of 100 patients, 100 and p = 0.8. Find an approximate probability that so that Y~ Bin(n, p) with n = 75 <Y < 87.
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Givenp=0.80n=100Let Y denote the number of patients for which the treatment is effectiveY~Binomial(n=100,p=0.80)P(Y=y)=(ny)py(1-p)n-y    ; x=0,1,....,n

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