In the 1992 presidential election, Alaska's 40 election districts averaged 1871 votes per district for President Clinton. The standard deviation was 574. (There are only 40 election districts in Alaska.) The distribution of the votes per district for President Clinton was bell-shaped. Let X = number of votes for President Clinton for an election district. (Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts) Round all answers except part e. to 4 decimal places. a. What is the distribution of X? X - N( b. Is 1871 a population mean or a sample mean? Select an answer

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In the 1992 presidential election, Alaska's 40 election districts averaged 1871 votes per district for
President Clinton. The standard deviation was 574. (There are only 40 election districts in Alaska.) The
distribution of the votes per district for President Clinton was bell-shaped. Let X = number of votes for
President Clinton for an election district. (Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts) Round all answers
except part e. to 4 decimal places.
a. What is the distribution of X? X - N(
b. Is 1871 a population mean or a sample mean? Select an answer v
c. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had fewer than 1880 votes for President Clinton.
d. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had between 1848 and 2087 votes for President
Clinton.
e. Find the first quartile for votes for President Clinton. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
Transcribed Image Text:In the 1992 presidential election, Alaska's 40 election districts averaged 1871 votes per district for President Clinton. The standard deviation was 574. (There are only 40 election districts in Alaska.) The distribution of the votes per district for President Clinton was bell-shaped. Let X = number of votes for President Clinton for an election district. (Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts) Round all answers except part e. to 4 decimal places. a. What is the distribution of X? X - N( b. Is 1871 a population mean or a sample mean? Select an answer v c. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had fewer than 1880 votes for President Clinton. d. Find the probability that a randomly selected district had between 1848 and 2087 votes for President Clinton. e. Find the first quartile for votes for President Clinton. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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