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Shanice28433
Jul 9, 2010, 04:51 PM
A biologist estimates that 60% of deer in the region carry a certain type of tick. For a sample of 300 deer selectetd at random, what is the chance that 186 or fewer deer have this tick?

galactus
Jul 10, 2010, 04:28 AM
Go to this site:

Binomial Calculator (http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/applets/binomialdemo.html)

For n, enter 300; p=.6
Prob X is 'at most' 186
Click compute. Your solution is given.