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Seventy-six percent of small business owners do not have a college degree. If a random sample of 60 small business owners are selected, find the probability that exactly 50 will not have a college degree.
Answer
Given that:
Seventy-six percent of small business owners do not have a college degree. If a random sample of 60 small business owners are selected
Seventy six percent of small business owners do not have a college degree
This means p=0.76.The size of the random sample is n=60
Let X denotes the number of people that do not have a college degree
Here XBin(60,0.76)
Now compute np,n(1-p)
Therefore
Since np>0,n(1-p)>10,use continuity correction in normal approximation.Now compute mean and standard deviation
Mean
Standard deviation
It is required to find the probability that exactly 50 will not have a college degree