Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 6, Problem 45SE
Wedding Costs. The XO Group Inc. conducted a 2015 survey of 13,000 brides and grooms married in the United States and found that the average cost of a wedding is $29,858 (XO Group website). Assume that the cost of a wedding is
- a. What is the
probability that a wedding costs less than $20,000? - b. What is the probability that a wedding costs between $20,000 and $30,000?
- c. For a wedding to be among the 5% most expensive, how much would it have to cost?
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