The literacy rate for a nation measures the proportion of people age 15 and over that can

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The literacy rate for a nation measures the proportion of people age 15 and over that can read and write. The literacy rate in Afghanistan is 28.1%. Suppose you choose 15 people in Afghanistan at random. Let X = the number of people who are literate.

a. Sketch a graph of the probability distribution of X.

b. Using the formulas, calculate the (i) mean and (ii) standard deviation of X.

c. Find the probability that more than five people in the sample are literate. Is it is more likely that three people or four people are literate.

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Introductory Business Statistics

ISBN: 202318

1st Edition

Authors: Alexander Holmes , Barbara Illowsky , Susan Dean

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