We Believe That 86% of the Population of All Calculus

question 126

Multiple Choice

We believe that 86% of the population of all Calculus I students consider calculus an exciting subject. Supposewe randomly and independently selected 29 students from the population. If the true percentage is really 86%,find the probability of observing 28 or more of the students who consider calculus to be an exciting subject inour sample of 29.

• A) 0.072098
• B) 0.012602
• C) 0.059495
• D) 0.927902

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