Dane recently decided to start up a new company offering insurance for people's smartphones. He has determined that during a given year only 16% make a claim. Suppose this past year Dane was able to sell 330 insurance policies. What is the probability that greater than 17 percent of his customers made a claim? Answer =  Last year was actually quite rough for Dane. It actually put him near the breaking point as it was only predicted that a year this bad or worse would happen only 3% of the time. How many people filed a claim (round up)?

College Algebra
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337282291
Author:Ron Larson
Publisher:Ron Larson
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section: Chapter Questions
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Dane recently decided to start up a new company offering insurance for people's smartphones. He has determined that during a given year only 16% make a claim.

Suppose this past year Dane was able to sell 330 insurance policies. What is the probability that greater than 17 percent of his customers made a claim?

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Last year was actually quite rough for Dane. It actually put him near the breaking point as it was only predicted that a year this bad or worse would happen only 3% of the time. How many people filed a claim (round up)?

 

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