FDA report on pesticides in food. Periodically, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) produces a report as part of its pesticide monitoring program. The FDA’s report covers a variety of food items, each of which is analyzed for potentially harmful chemical compounds. Recently, the FDA reported that no pesticides at all were found in BS% of the domestically produced milk, dairy, and egg samples (Pesticide Monitoring Program: Fiscal Year 2012 Pesticide Report, U.S. Food and Drug Administration). Consider a random sample of BOO milk, dairy, and egg items analyzed for the presence of pesticides.
- a. Compute µ and σ for the random variable x, the number of dairy-related items that showed no trace of pesticide.
- b. Based on a sample of 800 dairy-related items, is it likely you would observe less than half without any traces of pesticide? Explain.
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