According to NBCNews.com, 38% of the voters in California voted for Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for President in 2012 (source: “Presidential election results,” http://nbcnews.com, updated Feb. 9, 2016). A small startup company in San Jose, California, has ten employees.

a. How many of the employees would you expect to have voted for Romney?

b. All of the employees indicated that they voted for Obama. Determine the probability of this assuming they are representative of all California voters.

c. Eight of the employees voted for Obama. Determine the probability that at least 8 of the employees would vote for Obama if they are representative of all California voters.

d. Based on your calculations in parts b and

c, do the employees reflect the California trend? Support your answer with statistical calculations and reasoning.