Assume that about 45% of all U.S. adults try to pad their insurance claims. Suppose that you are the director of an insurance adjustment office. Your office has just received 110 insurance claims to be processed in the next few days. What is the probability that fewer than 45 of the claims have been padded?
0.778
0.831
0.194
0.806
0.169
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Using the normal approximation to the binomial distribution, find the mean and standard deviation, then use z-scores to find your probability.
Your values are the following:
p = .45, q = 1 - p = .55, x = 45, and n = 110
Now find mean and standard deviation.
mean = np = (110)(.45) = ?
standard deviation = √npq = √(110)(.45)(.55) = √(27.225) = ?
Once you have finished the calculations, then use z-scores and z-table to find probability:
z = (x - mean)/sd
Once you have the z-score, then use the table to determine your probability. Remember the problem is asking "fewer than" when looking at the table to determine your probability. You should find the answer you seek from the choices given.
I hope this will help get you started.
To solve this problem, we can use the binomial distribution formula. The binomial distribution is used when there are two possible outcomes (success or failure) and the probability of success remains the same for each trial.
In this case, the probability of success is the percentage of U.S. adults who try to pad their insurance claims, which is given as 45%. The number of trials is the number of insurance claims received by the office, which is 110.
The probability of getting fewer than 45 claims that have been padded can be calculated by adding up the probabilities of getting 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., up to 44 claims that have been padded. We can use the cumulative binomial probability formula to calculate this.
The cumulative binomial probability formula is as follows:
P(X ≤ k) = ∑ [ nCk * p^k * (1-p)^(n-k) ]
where:
P(X ≤ k) = probability of getting fewer than or equal to k successes
n = number of trials
k = number of successful outcomes
p = probability of success
In this case, we want to calculate P(X < 45), which is the probability of getting fewer than 45 claims that have been padded.
Using this formula, we can input the values:
n = 110
k = 44 (since we want fewer than 45 claims)
p = 0.45 (probability of success)
Calculating this sum can be time-consuming manually, but it can be calculated using software or statistical calculators.
After calculating the sum, we find that the probability is approximately 0.806.
Therefore, the correct answer is 0.806.
To solve this problem, we can use the binomial distribution formula. The formula for finding the probability of x successes in n trials, where the probability of success is p, is:
P(x) = (nCx) * p^x * (1-p)^(n-x)
In this case, we want to find the probability that fewer than 45 of the claims have been padded. Let's calculate it step-by-step.
Step 1: Calculate the probability of success (p)
Given that 45% of all U.S. adults try to pad their insurance claims, this means that the probability of any individual claim being padded is p = 0.45.
Step 2: Calculate the number of trials (n)
We have received 110 insurance claims, so in this case, n = 110.
Step 3: Calculate the probability of fewer than 45 padded claims (P(x < 45))
To find the probability of fewer than 45 padded claims, we need to sum up the probabilities for each possible value of x from 0 to 44.
P(x < 45) = P(0) + P(1) + P(2) + ... + P(44)
Now let's perform the calculations using these steps:
P(x < 45) = Σ[P(x) from x = 0 to 44]
= Σ[(110C0) * (0.45^0) * (0.55^110) + (110C1) * (0.45^1) * (0.55^109) + (110C2) * (0.45^2) * (0.55^108) + ... + (110C44) * (0.45^44) * (0.55^66)]
Using statistical software, a calculator, or a probability distribution table, the final result is approximately 0.778.
Therefore, the correct answer is 0.778.