According to a poll, 56% of voters support funding a new community center. A surveyor randomly selects 75 voters and asks each voter if he or she is in favor of the center. If being in favor of the center is a success, what is the probability of a success for this binomial experiment?

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Rhys Lutz

9 June, 03:51

According to a poll, 56% of voters support funding a new community center. A surveyor randomly selects 75 voters and asks each voter if he or she is in favor of the center. If being in favor of the center is a success, what is the probability of a success for this binomial experiment?

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Danielle Shields · Answer 1

For each individual trial, there are only two possible results. Either the person is in favor of the new community center or against it. Since "success" means that a person is in favor of the new community center, it would mean that the probability of this "Success" would be 0.5, or 50 %.