According to the Gallup Organization, 65% of adult Americans are in favor of the death penalty for
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According to the Gallup Organization, 65% of adult Americans are in favor of the death penalty for individuals convicted of murder. In a random sample of 15 adult Americans, what is the probability that
(a) exactly 10 favor the death penalty?
(b) no more than 6 favor the death penalty?
Approach We use Tables III and IV in Appendix A to obtain the probabilities.
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Table III Binomial Probability Distribution P x 0.01 0.05 0.10 2 0 0.9801 1 0.0198 2 0.0001 0.9025 0.0950 3 0 0.9703 0.25 0.30 0.8100 0.7225 0.5625 0.4900 0.1800 0.2550 0.3750 0.4200 0.0025 0.0100 0.0225 0.0400 0.0625 0.8574 0.7290 0.6141 05120 0.4219 1 0.0294 0.1354 0.2430 0.3251 0.3840 0.4219 0.15 0.20 0.6400 0.3200 0.0330 0.0595 0.0951 5 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0044 0.0102 0.0205 0.0369 6 0.0000 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0002 0.0007 0.0018 7 0 0.9321 0.6983 0.4783 0.3206 0.2097 0.1335 0.0824 0.0490 0.0041 0.0280 0.1306 2 0.0020 0.0406 3 0.0000+ 0.0036 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80 0.4225 0,3600 0.3025 0.2500 0.2025 0.1600 0.1225 0.0900 0.0625 0.0400 0.4550 0.4800 0.4950 0.5000 0.4950 0.4800 0.4550 0.4200 0.3750 0.3200 0.2550 0.0900 0.1225 0.1600 0.2025 0.2500 0.3025 0.3600 0.4225 0.4900 0.5625 0.6400 0.7225 0.8100 0.9025 0.3430 0.2746 0.2160 0.1664 0.1250 0.0911 0.0640 0.0429 0.0270 0.0156 0.0080 0.0034 0.0010 0.0001 0.4410 0.4436 0.4320 0.4084 0.3750 0.3341 0.2880 0.2389 0.1890 0.1406 0.0960 0.0574 0.0270 0.0071 2 0.0003 0.0071 0.0270 0.0574 0.0960 0.1406 0.1890 0.2389 0.2880 0.3341 0.3750 0.4084 0.4320 0.4436 0.4410 0.4219 0.3840 0.3251 0.2430 0.1354 3 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0010 0.0034 0.0080 0.0156 0.0270 0.0429 0.0640 0.0911 0.1250 0.1664 0.2160 0.2746 0.3430 0.4219 0.5120 0.6141 0.7290 0.8574 4 0 0.9606 0.8145 0.6561 0.5220 0.4096 0.3164 0.2401 0.1785 0.1296 0.0915 0.0625 0.0410 0.0256 0.0150 0.0081 0.0039 0.0016 0.0005 0.0001 0.0000+ 1 0.0388 0.1715 0.2916 0.3685 0.4096 0.4219 0.4116 0.3845 0.3456 0.2995 0.2500 0.2005 0.1536 0.1115 0.0756 0.0469 0.0256 0.0115 0.0036 0.0005 2 0.0006 0.0135 0.0486 0.0975 0.1536 0.2109 0.2646 0.3105 0.3456 0.3675 0.3750 0.3675 0.3456 0.3105 0.2646 0.2109 0.1536 0.0975 0.0486 0.0135 3 0.0000+ 0.0005 0.0036 0.0115 0.0256 0.0469 0.0756 0.1115 0.1536 0.2005 0.2500 0.2995 0.3456 0.3845 0.4116 0.4219 0.4096 0.3685 0.2916 0.1715 4 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0005 0.0016 0.0039 0.0081 0.0150 0.0256 0.0410 0.0625 0.0915 0.1296 0.1785 0.2401 0.3164 0.4096 0.5220 0.6561 0.8145 50 0.9510 0.7738 0.5905 0.4437 0.3277 0.2373 0.1681 0.1160 0.0778 0.0503 0.0313 0.0185 0.0102 0.0053 0.0024 0.0010 0.0003 0.0001 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 10.0480 0.2036 0.3281 0.3915 0.4096 0.3955 0.3602 0.3124 0.2592 0.2059 0.1563 0.1128 0.0768 0.0488 0.0284 0.0146 0.0064 0.0022 0.0005 0.0000+ 2 0.0010 0.0214 0.0729 0.1382 0.2048 0.2637 0.3087 0.3364 0.3456 0.3369 0.3125 0.2757 0.2304 0.1811 0.1323 0.0879 0.0512 0.0244 0.0081 0.0011 3 0.0000+ 0.0011 0.0081 0.0244 0.0512 0.0879 0.1323 0.1811 0.2304 0.2757 0.3125 0.3369 0.3456 0.3364 0.3087 0.2637 0.2048 0.1382 0.0729 0.0214 4 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0005 0.0022 0.0064 0.0146 0.0284 0.0488 0.0768 0.1128 0.1563 0.2059 0.2592 0.3124 0.3602 0.3955 0.4096 0.3915 0.3281 0.2036 5 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0003 0.0010 0.0024 0.0053 0.0102 0.0185 0.0313 0.0503 0.0778 0.1160 0.1681 0.2373 0.3277 0.4437 0.5905 0.7738 6 0 0.9415 0.7351 0.5314 0.3771 0.2621 0.1780 0.1176 0.0754 0.0467 0.0277 0.0156 0.0083 0.0041 0.0018 0.0007 0.0002 0.0001 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 1 0.0571 0.2321 0.3543 0.3993 0.3932 0.3560 0.3025 0.2437 0.1866 0.1359 0.0938 0.0609 0.0369 0.0205 0.0102 0.0044 0.0015 0.0004 0.0001 0.0000+ 2 0.0014 0.0305 0.0984 0.1762 0.2458 0.2966 0.3241 0.3280 0.3110 0.2780 0.2344 0.1861 0.1382 0.0951 0.0595 0.0330 0.0154 0.0055 0.0012 0.0001 3 0.0000+ 0.0021 0.0146 0.0415 0.0819 0.1318 0.1852 0.2355 0.2765 0.3032 0.3125 0.3032 0.2765 0.2355 0.1852 0.1318 0.0819 0.0415 0.0146 0.0021 4 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0012 0.0055 0.0154 0.1382 0.1861 0.2344 0.2780 0.3110 0.3280 0.3241 0.2966 0.2458 0.1762 0.0984 0.0305 0.0004 0.0015 0.0609 0.0938 0.1359 0.1866 0.2437 0.3025 0.3560 0.3932 0.3993 0.3543 0.2321 0.0083 0.0156 0.0277 0.0467 0.0754 0.1176 0.1780 0.2621 0.3771 0.5314 0.7351 0.0152 0.0078 0.0037 0.0016 0.0006 0.0002 0.0001 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 1 0.0659 0.2573 0.3720 0.3960 0.3670 0.3115 0.2471 0.1848 0.0872 0.0547 0.0320 0.0172 0.0084 0.0036 0.0013 0.0004 0.0001 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.1240 0.2097 0.2753 0.3115 0.3177 0.2985 0.2613 0.2140 0.1641 0.1172 0.0774 0.0466 0.0250 0.0115 0.0043 0.0012 0.0002 0.0000+ 0.0230 0.0617 0.1147 0.1730 0.2269 0.2679 0.2903 0.2918 0.2734 0.2388 0.1935 0.1442 0.0972 0.0577 0.0287 0.0109 0.0026 0.0002 4 0.0000+ 0.0002 0.0026 0.0109 0.0287 0.0577 0.0972 0.1442 0.1935 0.2388 0.2734 0.2918 0.2903 0.2679 0.2269 0.1730 0.1147 0.0617 0.0230 0.0036 5 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0002 0.0012 0.0043 0.0115 0.0250 0.0466 0.0774 0.1172 0.1641 0.2140 0.2613 0.2985 0.3177 0.3115 0.2753 0.2097 0.1240 0.0406 6 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0004 0.0013 0.0036 0.0084 0.0172 0.0320 0.0547 0.0872 0.1306 0.1848 0.2471 0.3115 0.3670 0.3960 0.3720 0.2573 7 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0000+ 0.0001 0.0002 0.0006 0.0016 0.0037 0.0078 0.0152 0.0280 0.0490 0.0824 0.1335 0.2097 0.3206 0.4783 0.6983 0.60 0.85 0.90 0.95 0.0225 0.0100 0.0025 0.1800 0.0950
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