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1 in 6 wins As a special promotion for its 20-ounce bottles of soda, a soft drink company printed a message on the inside of each bottle cap. Some of the caps said, "Please try again!" while others said, "You're a winner!" The company advertised the promotion with the slogan " 1 in 6 wins a prize." Grayson's statistics class wonders if the company's claim holds true at a nearby convenience store. To find out, all 30 students in the class go to the store and each huys one 20-ounce bottle of the soda.

a. Find the probability that two or fewer students would win a prize if the company's claim is true.

b. Two of the students in Grayson's class got caps that say, "You're a winner!" Does this result give convincing evidence that the company's 1-in-6 claim is false?

Short Answer

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(a) the likelihood of two or fewer pupils winning a prize is 0.1028

(b) There is no convincing evidence that the company's 1- in -6 claim is false.

Step by step solution

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Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

Number of trials, n=30

Probability of success,p=16

02

Part (a) Step 2: Simplification

The binomial probability states that

P(X=k)=nkpk(1-p)n-k

Mutually exclusive event addition rule:

P(AB)=P(AorB)=P(A)+P(B)

At k=0,

The binomial probability is to be calculated as follows:

P(X=0)=300(0.44)0(1-0.44)30-0=30!0!(30-0)!(0.44)0(0.56)30=1(0.44)0(0.56)300.0042

At k=1,

The binomial probability is to be calculated as follows:

P(X=1)=301(0.44)1(1-0.44)30-1=30!1!(30-1)!(0.44)1(0.56)29=30(0.44)1(0.56)290.0253

At k=2,

The binomial probability is to be calculated as follows:

P(X=2)=302(0.44)2(1-0.44)30-2=30!2!(30-2)!(0.44)2(0.56)28=435(0.44)2(0.56)280.0733

Because two distinct counts of successes on the same simulation are impossible.

For mutually exclusive events, use the addition rule:

P(X2)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)=0.0042+0.0253+0.0733=0.1028

Thus,

If the company's assertion is correct, the likelihood of two or fewer pupils winning a prize is 0.1028.

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Part (b) Step 1: Given Information

Number of trials, n=30

Probability of success,p=16

04

Part (b) Step 2: Simplification

The probability less than 0.05is considered to be small.

Note that

From Part (a),

The probability of at most 2 winners is 0.1028, which is very much larger than 0.05

This demonstrates

It seems likely that there will be two winners.

Thus,

There is no compelling evidence that the firm's1-in - 6 claim is false.

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