STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR BUSINESS AND
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR BUSINESS AND
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Author: Lind
Publisher: MCG/CREATE
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Chapter 7, Problem 72CE

a.

To determine

Find the proportion of the population that will visit an emergency room within the next 6 months.

b.

To determine

Find the proportion of the population that will not visit the ER over the next 6 years.

c.

To determine

Find the proportion of the population that will visit an ER next year, but not this year.

d.

To determine

Obtain the first and third quartiles of this distribution.

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