The percent of persons (ages five and older) in each state who speak a language at home other than English is approximately exponentially distributed with a mean of . Suppose we randomly pick a state.
a. Define the random variable.
b. Is continuous or discrete?
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f. Draw a graph of the probability distribution. Label the axes.
g. Find the probability that the percent is less than .
h. Find the probability that the percent is between eight and .
i. The percent of all individuals living in the United States who speak a language at home other than English is .
i. Why is this number different from ?
ii. What would make this number higher than ?