Assume 47​% of us have Group O blood. A hospital is conducting a blood drive because its supply of Group O blood is​ low, and it needs at least 160 donors of Group O blood. If 298 volunteers donate​ blood, estimate the probability that the number with Group O blood is at least 160. Is the pool of 298 volunteers likely to be​ sufficient? Question content area bottom Part 1 ​(a) ​P(X≥160​)=enter your response here ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.) Part 2 ​(b) What does the result from part​ (a) suggest?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
13th Edition
ISBN:9781133382119
Author:Swokowski
Publisher:Swokowski
Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 27T
icon
Related questions
Question

Assume 47​% of us have Group O blood. A hospital is conducting a blood drive because its supply of Group O blood is​ low, and it needs at least 160 donors of Group O blood. If 298 volunteers donate​ blood, estimate the probability that the number with Group O blood is at least 160. Is the pool of 298 volunteers likely to be​ sufficient?
Question content area bottom
Part 1
​(a) ​P(X≥160​)=enter your response here ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 2
​(b) What does the result from part​ (a) suggest?
A.
The pool is likely to be sufficient because ​P(x≥160​) is less than 50%.
B.
The pool is likely to be sufficient because ​P(x≥160​) is more than 50%.
C.
The pool is not likely to be sufficient because ​P(x≥160​) is less than 50%.
D.
The pool is not likely to be sufficient because ​P(x≥160​) 

Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Recommended textbooks for you
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
Algebra
ISBN:
9781133382119
Author:
Swokowski
Publisher:
Cengage
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305652231
Author:
R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:
Cengage Learning