An environmental scientist obtains a sample of water from a pond that contains a certain type of

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An environmental scientist obtains a sample of water from a pond that contains a certain type of bacteria at a concentration of 5 per milliliter.

a. What is the probability that there will be exactly 12 bacteria in a 3-milliliter sample of water?

b. Find the mean number of bacteria in a 3-milliliter sample.

c. Find the standard deviation of the number of bacteria in a 3-milliliter sample.

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9781259969454

3rd Edition

Authors: William Navidi, Barry Monk

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