Suppose That Computer Literacy Among People Ages 40 and Older

question 84

Multiple Choice

Suppose that computer literacy among people ages 40 and older is being studied and that the accompanying tables describes the probability distribution for four randomly selected people, where x is the number that are computer literate. Is it unusual to find four computer literates among four randomly selected people?
$$\begin{array} { c | c } \mathrm { x } & \mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { x } ) \\\hline 0 & 0.16 \\1 & 0.25 \\2 & 0.36 \\3 & 0.15 \\4 & 0.08\end{array}$$

• A) Yes
• B) No

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