Homework Help: Statistics

Posted by Brittany on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 8:33pm.

A study shows that 10% of americans are left-handed.
Find the probability that at most one student is left handed in a class of 20 students.

Statistics - Andrew, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 3:28am
P(x)=.10
"at most" means "binomialCDF" on calculator.
1 student is upper value, 0 is lower value.
n=20 or number of trials.
ANSWER: CDF=.39 or ~39% that at most one student is left handed in a class of 20 students.

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