Florida Battleground State. From the Washington Post website, we found final results of the 2012 presidential election.

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Florida Battleground State. From the Washington Post website, we found final results of the 2012 presidential election.

According to that site, Barack Obama received about 50% of the popular vote in the battleground state of Florida. Suppose that 10 Floridians who voted in 2012 are selected at random. Determine the approximate probability that

a. exactly 5 voted for Obama.

b. 8 or more voted for Obama.

c. Even presuming that exactly 50% of the voters in Florida voted for Obama, why would the probabilities in parts

(a) and

(b) still be only approximately correct?

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Introductory Statistics

ISBN: 9781292099729

10th Global Edition

Authors: Neil A. Weiss

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