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Pets. According to JAVMA News, a publication of the American Veterinary Medical Association, roughly 60% of U.S. households own one or more pets. Four U.S. households are selected at random. Use Table VII in Appendix A to solve the following problems.

(a) Find the probability that, of the four households sampled, the number that own one or more pets is exactly three; at least three; at most three.

(b) Find the probability distribution of the random variable X. the number of U.S. households in a random sample of four that own one or more pets.

(c) Without referring to the probability distribution obtained in part (b) or constructing a probability histogram, decide whether the probability distribution is right-skewed, symmetric, or left-skewed. Explain your answer. *

Step by step solution

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Part (a) Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

According to JAVMA News, a publication of the American Veterinary Medical Association, roughly 60% of U.S. households own one or more pets. Four U.S. households are selected at random.

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Part (a) Step 2. Find the probability that three households are likely to have one or more pets.

$$\begin{gathered} n=4,p=0.60,\mathrm{and}x=3 \\ P\left(X=x\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}n\\ x\end{array}\right)p^x{\left(1-p\right)}^{n-x} \\ P\left(X=3\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 3\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^3{\left(1-0.6\right)}^{4-3} \\ =\left(4\right)\left(0.216\right)\left(0.4\right) \\ =0.3456 \end{gathered}$$

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Part (a) Step 3. Find the probability that at least three households are likely to have one or more pets.

$$\begin{gathered} xâ‰\yen 3 \\ P\left(Xâ‰\yen 3\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 3\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^3{\left(1-0.6\right)}^{4-1}+\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 4\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^4{\left(1-0.6\right)}^{4-4} \\ =0.3456+\left(1\right)\left(0.1296\right)\left(1\right) \\ =0.3456+0.1296 \\ =0.4752 \end{gathered}$$

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Part (a) Step 4. Find the probability that at most three households are likely to have one or more pets.

$$\begin{gathered} P\left(X≤3\right)=1-P\left(X>3\right) \\ =1-\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 4\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^4{\left(1-0.6\right)}^{4-4} \\ =1-0.1296 \\ =0.8704 \end{gathered}$$

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Part (b) Step 1. Find the probability distribution of X.

X	$P(X=x)$
0	$$\begin{gathered} P\left(X=0\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 0\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^0{\left(0.4\right)}^4 \\ =\left(1\right)\left(1\right)\left(0.0256\right) \\ =0.0256 \end{gathered}$$
1	$$\begin{gathered} P\left(X=1\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 1\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^1{\left(0.4\right)}^3 \\ =\left(4\right)\left(0.6\right)\left(0.064\right) \\ =0.1536 \end{gathered}$$
2	$$\begin{gathered} P\left(X=2\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 2\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^2{\left(0.4\right)}^2 \\ =\left(6\right)\left(0.36\right)\left(0.16\right) \\ =0.3456 \end{gathered}$$
3	$$\begin{gathered} P\left(X=3\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 3\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^3{\left(0.4\right)}^1 \\ =\left(4\right)\left(0.256\right)\left(0.4\right) \\ =0.3456 \end{gathered}$$
4	$$\begin{gathered} P\left(X=4\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}4\\ 4\end{array}\right){\left(0.6\right)}^4{\left(0.4\right)}^0 \\ =\left(1\right)\left(0.1296\right)\left(1\right) \\ =0.1296 \end{gathered}$$

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Part (c) Step 1. Identify whether the probability distribution is right-skewed, symmetric, or left-skewed.

$p=0.6$in this scenario which is greater than 0.5. As a result, the distribution is left-skewed.

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