Quiz #3 Binomial Distribution

INSTRUCTIONS: If applicable in the given problem, write the formula and all of the
solutions on your answer sheet. Please submit your document as a PDF.

1. Forty-three percent of businesses in the United States require a doctor’s note

when an employee takes sick time. You randomly select nine businesses and ask

each if it requires a doctor’s note when an employee takes sick time. Find the
probability that the number who say they require a doctor’s note is (a) exactly

five, (b) at least five, and (c) more than five. (Source: Harvard School of Public
Health)

2. Thirty-four percent of women in the United States say their spouses never help

with household chores. You randomly select five U.S. women and ask if their
spouses help with household chores. (Source: Boston Consulting Group)

a. construct a binomial distribution,

b. graph the binomial distribution using a histogram and describe its shape,
c. find the mean, variance, and standard deviation of the binomial
distribution and interpret the results in the context of the real-life
situation, and
d. determine the values of the random variable x that you would consider
unusual.