Rude Drivers: Tailgating Do you tailgate the car in front of you? About 35% of all drivers

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Rude Drivers: Tailgating Do you tailgate the car in front of you? About 35% of all drivers will tailgate before passing, thinking they can make the car in front of them go faster (Source: Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal?, St. Martin’s Press). Suppose that you are driving a considerable distance on a two-lane highway and are passed by 12 vehicles.

(a) Let r be the number of vehicles that tailgate before passing. Make a histogram showing the probability distribution of r for r 5 0 through r 5 12.

(b) Compute the expected number of vehicles out of 12 that will tailgate.

(c) Compute the standard deviation of this distribution.

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Understanding Basic Statistics

ISBN: 9781305548893

7th Edition

Authors: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase

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