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Where will you get your next pet? Refer to Exercise 4.52 (p. 186) and the Associated Press...

Where will you get your next pet? Refer to Exercise 4.52 (p. 186) and the Associated Press/Petside.com poll that revealed that half of all pet owners would get their next dog or cat from a shelter (USA Today, May 12, 2010). Consider a random sample of 500 pet owners and define x as the number of pet owners who would acquire their next dog or cat from a shelter. In Exercise 4.52, you determined that x is a binomial random variable.

a. Compute μ and σ for the probability distribution of x.


b. Compute the z-score for the value x= 240.


c. Compute the z-score for the value x= 270.


d. Use the technique of this section to approximate P(240<x< 270).

Where will you get your next pet? According to an Associated Press/Petside.com poll, half of all pet owners would get their next dog or cat from a shelter (USA Today, May 12, 2010). Consider a random sample of 10 pet owners and define x as the number of pet owners who would acquire their next dog or cat from a shelter. Assume that x is a binomial random variable.

a. For this binomial experiment, define a success.


b. For this binomial experiment, what is n?


c. For this binomial experiment, what is p?


d. Find P(x = 7).


e. Find P(x ≥3).


f. Find P(x >8).

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