Making Predictions with Experimental Probability
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A car rental company sells accident insurance to 24% of its customers. Out of 550 customers, about how many customers are predicted to purchase insurance?
A doctor’s office records data and concludes that, on average, 11% of patients call to reschedule their appointments per week. The office manager predicts that 23 appointments will be rescheduled out of the 240 total appointments during next week. Explain whether the prediction is reasonable.
In s to monthly readers of a newsletter 3% of the s come back undelivered. The editor predicts that if he sends out 12,372 s, he will receive 437 notices for undelivered . Do you agree with his prediction? Explain.
On average, 24% of customers who buy shoes in a particular store buy two or more pairs. One weekend, 350 customers purchased shoes. How many can be predicted to buy two or more pairs? If 107 customers buy more than two pairs, did more customers than normal buy two or more pairs?