Use the Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution to Answer

question 154

Multiple Choice

Use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution to answer this question. Fifteen percent of all students at a large university are absent on Mondays. If a random sample of 12 names is called on a Monday, what is the probability that four students are absent?

• A)0.0683
• B)0.0213
• C)0.0021
• D)0.1329

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