Vurnita W.

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Thirty-five percent of people who own cell phones use their phones to send and receive text message. Choose 4 cell phones owners at random. What is the probabi

Multipulcation Rules and cconditional probability.
 
Thirty-five percent of people who own cell phones use their phones to send and receive text message. Choose 4 cell phones owners at random. What is the probability that none use their phone for texting?
 
The answer is 0.179 how is this problem set up.

Vurnita W.

The answer is 0.179 how is this problem set up. to get the correct answer.
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Robert J.

 
.65^4 = 0.179
 
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Robert J. answered • 09/30/13

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Note that this argument assumes that "choosing cell phone owners at random" are independent events, which is only true if the "35% who text" refers to a large population. For a small population, say 20 cell phone owners, the probability will change with every choice.
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Robert J.

Yes, you are right.
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