According to a report, 57.5% of murders are committed with a firearm. (a) If 200 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm? (b) Would it be unusual to observe 136 murders by firearm in a random sample of 200 murders? Why? (a) We would expect to be committed with a firearm.

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.5: Interpreting Data
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According to a report, 57.5% of murders are committed with a firearm.
(a) If 200 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm?
(b) Would it be unusual to observe 136 murders by firearm in a random sample of 200 murders? Why?
(a) We would expect
to be committed with a firearm.
Transcribed Image Text:According to a report, 57.5% of murders are committed with a firearm. (a) If 200 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm? (b) Would it be unusual to observe 136 murders by firearm in a random sample of 200 murders? Why? (a) We would expect to be committed with a firearm.
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n = 200

p = 0.575

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