A Recent Study Suggested That 70% of All Eligible Voters

question 143

Multiple Choice

A recent study suggested that 70% of all eligible voters will vote in the next presidential election. Suppose 20 eligible voters were randomly selected from the population of all eligible voters. Use a binomial probability table to find the probability that more than 10 but fewer than 16 of the 20 eligible voters sampled will vote in the next presidential election.

• A) 0.714
• B) 0.780
• C) 0.845
• D) 0.649

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