Loose-leaf Version for The Basic Practice of Statistics 7e & LaunchPad (Twelve Month Access)
Loose-leaf Version for The Basic Practice of Statistics 7e & LaunchPad (Twelve Month Access)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781319019334
Author: David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. Fligner
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 14.6, Problem 14.11AYK

(a)

To determine

To find: The mean and standard deviation of the students accepting the admissions offered from the college.

(b)

To determine

To find: The approximate probability that the college gets more students than it is needed.

(c)

To determine

To find: The exact probability that the college gets more students than it is needed.

To check: The approximation obtained in part (b).

(d)

To determine

To find: The largest number of students that the college can admit in order to obtain the exact probability of getting more students needed is no larger than 5%.

To check: Whether the probability of getting more students need could be decreased by increasing or decreasing by the number of students admitted.

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