Chapter 6, Problem 32RP

Diarrhea Vaccine. Acute rotavirus diarrhea is the leading cause of death among children under age 5, killing an estimated 4.5 million annually in developing countries. Scientists from Finland and Belgium claim that a new oral vaccine is 80% effective against rotavirus diarrhea. Assuming that the claim is correct, use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution to find the probability that, out of 1500 cases, the vaccine will be effective in

1. a. exactly 1225 cases.
2. b. at least 1175 cases.
3. c. between 1150 and 1250 cases, inclusive.