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Standard Deviation/Probability...Help!?

Based on past data, 28% of the people who listen to a sales presentation for an investment product will ultimately purchase the product. Twenty people who have listened to the presentation are surveyed afterwards. Round to 3 decimal places.

a. How many people do you expect will purchase the product after the presentation?

b. What is the standard deviation?

c. What is the probability that exactly 4 people will purchase the product?

d. What is the probability that at most 7 people will purchase the product?

e. What is the probability that 5 or more people will purchase the product?

Please help me figure these out. Thanks!

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  • M3
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    a. E[X] = np = 20*.28 = 5.6 <------

    b. sd = √(npq) = √(20*0.28*0.72) = 2.008 <-----

    c. P(X=4) = 20c4 *0.28^4 *0.72^16 = 0.155 <------

    computing similarly,

    d. P(0 <= X <= 7) = 1 - P(X > 7) = 0.829 <------

    e. P(5 <= X <= 20) = 1 - P(X <5) = 0.698 <------

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