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Normal Approximation to the Binomial the majority of house burglars simply walk into a house that is unlocked! In fact, about 57% of all house burglars gain entrance through an unlocked window or door (Reference: The Book of Risks by Larry Laudan). Suppose that n = 129 house burglaries will occur tomorrow in Los Angeles. Let r be a binomial random variable that represent, the number of burglaries that required no forced entrance.
(a) We want to approximate the binomial random variable r by a normal random variables r by a normal random variable x. Is this appropriate? What requirements must be satisfied before we can do this? Do you think these requirements are satisfied in this case? Explain.
(b) Compute µ and σ for the normal approximation.
(c) What is the
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