According to a report 77.3% of murders are

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2022-03-21

According to a report 77.3% of murders are committed with a firearm ( a) If 400 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm? (b) Would it be unusual to observe 338 murders by firearm in a random sample of 400 murders? Why?

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karton

karton

Expert2023-04-25Added 613 answers

Let's start solving the problem.

Given that 77.3% of murders are committed with a firearm.

Let's represent the percentage as a decimal, which is 0.773.

a) If 400 murders are randomly selected, how many would we expect to be committed with a firearm?

To find the answer, we can multiply the percentage by the total number of murders.

Expected number of murders committed with a firearm = percentage of murders committed with a firearm × total number of murders

Expected number of murders committed with a firearm =0.773×400

Expected number of murders committed with a firearm = 309.2

Rounding to the nearest whole number, we can expect around 309 murders to be committed with a firearm out of 400 randomly selected murders.

Therefore, we can expect around 309 murders to be committed with a firearm.

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