Youth SmokingTwo out of five adult smokers acquired the

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Problem 15E

Youth SmokingTwo out of five adult smokers acquired the habit by age 14. If 400 smokers are randomly selected, find the probability that 170 or fewer acquired the habit by age 14.

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Problem 15E

Youth SmokingTwo out of five adult smokers acquired the habit by age 14. If 400 smokers are randomly selected, find the probability that 170 or fewer acquired the habit by age 14.

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Two out of five adult smokers acquired the habit by age 14..

We have given 400 smokers.

We are asked to find the probability that 170 or fewer acquired the habit by age 14.

Let  denote the number of person who smoke by age 14.

We need to find

Here we will use the normal approximation to the binomial approximation.

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