1. a. In an election, party A received 47.3% of the votes.i. Find the probability that at a poll of 600 voters selected at random the partyreceives more than 50% of the votes.ii. A sample of size n voters is selected at random. Find n if the probability that morethan 48.6% of the voters vote for party A is 0.012.

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1. a. In an election, party A received 47.3% of the votes. i. Find the probability that at a poll of 600 voters selected at random the party receives more than 50% of the votes.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events

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1. a. In an election, party A received 47.3% of the votes.
i. Find the probability that at a poll of 600 voters selected at random the party
receives more than 50% of the votes.
ii. A sample of size n voters is selected at random. Find n if the probability that more
than 48.6% of the voters vote for party A is 0.012.

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