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posted by  ashmarneu on 8/17/2008 3:05:20 AM  |  status: Live  

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A rainstorm in Portland, Oregon, wiped out the electricity in of the households in the city. Suppose that a random sample of Portland households is taken after the rainstorm.

  1. Estimate the number of households in the sample that lost electricity by giving the mean of the relevant distribution (that is, the expectation of the relevant random variable). Do not round your response.

     

  2. Quantify the uncertainty of your estimate by giving the standard deviation of the distribution. Round your response to at least three decimal places.

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posted by pter92 on 8/17/2008 2:43:26 PM  |  status: Live
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This is a binomial problem
a) the mean of a binomial problem is given by np
n= number of the population
p=probability of success
in this case because the question wants the number of household that lost electricity, 5% is the number of success..
(0.05)(80)=4
4 houses lost electricity
b)
standard deviation is the square root of the variance. Variance is defined by npq
n= number of the population
p=probability of success
q=probability of failure
(80)(0.05)(0.95)=3.8 ..
square root of 3.8 is 1.949
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