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Nov 2022 p53 q2
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In a large college, 32% of the students have blue eyes. A random sample of 80 students is chosen.
Use an approximation to find the probability that fewer than 20 of these students have blue eyes. [5]
Solution
Let the random variable \(X\) represent the number of students with blue eyes in a sample of 80 students. \(X\) follows a binomial distribution with parameters \(n = 80\) and \(p = 0.32\).
To approximate, we use a normal distribution. The mean \(\mu\) and variance \(\sigma^2\) are given by: