Exercise 4.16. We choose 500 numbers uniformly at random from the interval [1.5, 4.81. (a) Approximate the probability of the event that less than 65 of the numbers start with the digit 1. (b) Approximate the probability of the event that more than 160 of the numbers start with the digit 3.

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Madden Hammond

29 August, 03:07

Exercise 4.16. We choose 500 numbers uniformly at random from the interval [1.5, 4.81. (a) Approximate the probability of the event that less than 65 of the numbers start with the digit 1. (b) Approximate the probability of the event that more than 160 of the numbers start with the digit 3.

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Fernando Shepherd · Answer 1

a) 0.0801

b) 0.1910

Step-by-step explanation:

a) probability of the event that numbers start with the digit 1 = P (1.5
Here mean = np = 500*0.1515 = 75.76

std deviation = (np (1-p)) 1/2 = 8.02)

probability of the event that less than 65 of the numbers start with the digit 1=P (X<65) = P (Z< (64.5-75.76) / 8.02)

=P (Z<-1.4041) = 0.0801

b) probability of the event of the numbers start with the digit 3 = P (3
Here mean = np = 500*0.3030 = 151.52

std deviation = (np (1-p)) 1/2 = 10.28

probability of the event that more than 160 of the numbers start with the digit 3=P (X>160)

=1-P (Z< (160.5-151.52) / 10.28) = 1-P (Z<0.8743) = 1-0.8090 = 0.1910