Suppose a cruise ship returns to the United States from an overseas voyage. Unbeknownst to anyone, 4 of the 600 passengers have contracted a rare disease. Suppose that the Public Health Service screens 20 randomly selected passengers to see whether the disease is present aboard the ship. What is the probability that the presence of the disease will escape detection?

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A: Givenp=0.70n=20Let "x"be someone who has been exposed…

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A: Given , No of gold coins n=15No of random picks r=4P6 coins are counter feits=?

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A: Solution: Given information: n= 70 Sample size  p= 0.13 Population proportion.

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A: Given Information: 0.19% of the automobiles sold are silver. Two cars are selected randomly.

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A: From the given information, n=30 and p=0.40.

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A: The probability of defective is,

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A: It is given that the death rate for males in the 15-24 age group is 114.4 per 100,000 population.

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A: Given: Probability of growing healthy plant = 80% = 0.80 The probability of not growing healthy…

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A: Given data, n=18 p=65%=0.65 P(X≤4)=?

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A: Let X denote the number of failures per week.  It is given that Average number of failures = 2

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Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 95% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If eleven seeds are…

A: Answer:Given that:p=0.95 ,   n=11now will use Binomial probability P(X=x)=nx*Px*(1–P)n–x,where…

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Q: The National Association of Realtors estimates that 23% of all homes purchased in 2004 were…

A: Given: p=0.23 n=800 x=200 The sample proportion is, p^=xn=200800=0.25

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A: Percentage of student have dogs is 16%. Percentage of student have HBO subscription is 38%.

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Q: It is reported that 15% of all books sold are of the science fiction genre. If a bookstore sells 316…

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Q: Empirical evidence suggests that 25% of Florida drivers are uninsured. If four random Florida…

A: The probability of more than one driver is uninsured can be calculated using Binomial distribution:

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A: Given Data population proportion,p = 0.6 sample size n = 600