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A Gallup Poll showed that 47% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States. Suppose a sample of 25 Americans are selected.
Find the probability that no more than 7 Americans are satisfied with the way things are going.
Find the probability that more than 35% but at most 60% of these Americans are satisified with the way things are going.
Solution
A)
Using a cumulative binomial distribution table or technology, matching
n = number of trials = 25
p = the probability of a success = 0.47
x = the maximum number of successes = 7
Then the cumulative probability is
P(at most 7 ) = 0.042499437 [answer]
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b)
Note that the standard error of the population proportion is
sp = sqrt[ p ( 1 - p) / n] = sqrt(0.47*(1-0.47)/25) = 0.099819838
We first get the z score for the two values. As z = (x - u) sqrt(n) / s, then as
x1 = lower bound = 0.35
x2 = upper bound = 0.6
u = mean = 0.47
s = standard deviation = 0.099819838
Thus, the two z scores are
z1 = lower z score = (x1 - u)/s = -1.202165846
z2 = upper z score = (x2 - u) / s = 1.302346333
Using table/technology, the left tailed areas between these z scores is
P(z < z1) = 0.11464964
P(z < z2) = 0.90360099
Thus, the area between them, by subtracting these areas, is
P(z1 < z < z2) = 0.788951351 [ANSWER]
