Vurnita W.
asked 09/30/13Thirty-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.
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Robert J. answered 09/30/13
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65% don't use their phones to send and receive text message.
The probability that none of the four use their phone for texting is .65^4
Andre W.
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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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Vurnita W.
09/30/13