Mathematics, 23.07.2021 05:00, Martinez6354

n a history class there are 88 history majors and 88 non-history majors. 44 students are randomly selected to present a topic. What is the probability that at least 22 of the 44 students selected are non-history majors

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answered: tiwaribianca475

0.5675 = 56.75% probability that at least 22 of the 44 students selected are non-history majors.

Step-by-step explanation:

The students are chosen without replacement from the sample, which means that the hypergeometric distribution is used to solve this question. We are working also with a sample with more than 10 history majors and 10 non-history majors, which mean that the normal approximation can be used to solve this question.

Hypergeometric distribution:

The probability of x successes is given by the following formula:

$P(X = x) = h(x,N,n,k) = \frac{C_{k,x}*C_{N-k,n-x}}{C_{N,n}}$

In which:

x is the number of successes.

N is the size of the population.

n is the size of the sample.

k is the total number of desired outcomes.

Combinations formula:

$C_{n,x}$ is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

$C_{n,x} = \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}$

Normal Probability Distribution

Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the z-score of a measure X is given by:

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the p-value, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Approximation:

We have to use the mean and the standard deviation of the hypergeometric distribution, that is:

$\mu = \frac{nk}{N}$

$\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{nk(N-k)(N-n)}{N^2(N-1)}}$

In this question:

88 + 88 = 176 students, which means that N = 176

88 non-history majors, which means that k = 88

44 students are selected, which means that n = 44

Mean and standard deviation:

$\mu = \frac{44*88}{176} = 22$

$\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{44*88*(176-88)*(176-44)}{176^2(175-1)}} = 2.88$

What is the probability that at least 22 of the 44 students selected are non-history majors?

Using continuity correction, as the hypergeometric distribution is discrete and the normal is continuous, this is $P(X \geq 22 - 0.5) = P(X \geq 21.5)$ , which is 1 subtracted by the p-value of Z when X = 21.5. So

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

$Z = \frac{21.5 - 22}{2.88}$

Z = -0.17

Z = -0.17 has a p-value of 0.4325

1 - 0.4325 = 0.5675

0.5675 = 56.75% probability that at least 22 of the 44 students selected are non-history majors.

answered: Guest

step-by-step explanation:

2-7=-5

7-2=5

when you combing like terms for ech expression, 5 and -5. these numbers are not equal to each other.

answered: Guest

answer: answer is c!

ok i got to organize the

3/15 and 12/55

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3*4 equals 12 but not

a: no

8/24 12/35

gautie

it's c

5/18 = 25/90

5*5=25

18*5 = 90

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