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Suppose the American Lung Association stated that approximately 1 out of every 20 deaths in the US last year was from lung cancer. If there are 200 students in a class, now many would you expect to die from lung cancer?

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Answer: 10

Explanation:

Given : The American Lung Association stated that approximately 1 out of every 20 deaths in the US last year was from lung cancer.

Then, the proportion of death will be :_


p=(1)/(20)=0.05

Now, If there are 200 students in a class, then the expected number of persons die from lung cancer :-


p*200\\\\=(0.050)*200=10

Hence, we expect the number of persons die from lung cancer =10

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