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Car Colors. In Exercises 9–12, assume that 100 cars are randomly selected. Refer to the accompanying graph, which shows the top car colors and the percentages of cars with those colors (based on PPG Industries). Black Cars: Find the probability that at least 25 cars are black. Is 25 a significantly high number of black cars?

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The probability calculated that at least 25 cars are black is 0.0455. The event of 25 number of cars is significantly high.

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01

Given Information

There are 100 randomly selected cars. There are five types of colors in the sample of cars such as white, black, gray, silver, red.

02

Normal approximation to binomial distribution

Requirements for normal approximation of binomial distribution:

The sample is a simple random sample with size n from a population with the proportion of success p or probability of success p.

03

Verify the requirements

Let X be the random variable for the number of black cars in the sample of 100.

The proportion of cars with black color is 0.18(p).

It is probability of success is obtained using percentage of each colour car.

The sample size and probability of success are;

n=100p=0.18

The requirement for the normal approximation to binomial distribution, that is, np⩾5,nq⩾5.

Thus,

np=100×0.18=18=18⩾5

nq=n×1-p=100×1-0.18=82⩾5

Thus, the approximation to normal distribution is verified.

04

Find mean and standard deviation for normal distribution

To approximate binomial distribution into normal, it is important to find the mean and standard deviation.

Hence, the formula for mean and standard deviation is given below,

μ=n×pσ=n×p×q

Now, substitute the all values in the formula,

μ=n×p=100×0.18=18

σ=n×p×q=100×0.18×0.82=14.76=3.8419

Now, the mean of the normal distribution is μ=18 and the standard deviation of normal distribution is σ=3.8419.

05

Continuity correction

The probability that the number of cars is at least 25 is expressed as,

PX⩾25=PX>24.5

The formula for z-score is,

z=x-μσ

The z-score associated with 24.5,

z=x-μσ=24.5-183.8419=1.6919

The z-score is 1.6919.

From the standard normal table, the cumulative probability for the value 1.69 us 0.9545.

Thus, probability that the number of cars is at least 25 is,

PX>24.5=PZ>1.6919=1-PZ<1.69=1-0.9545=0.0455

Thus, the probability that the number of cars is at least 25 is 0.0455.

06

Define significantly high

Significantly high events are those which have probability 0.05 or less for the occurrence of events greater than or equal to the given event. Here, the probability that at least 25 cars are black is 0.0455, which is lesser than 0.05.

Therefore, 25 is significantly a high number of cars.

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