Thread: probability hw help.!?!?!

color blindness appears in 2% of the people in a certain population. how large must a random sample be in order to be 99% certain that a color blind person is included in the sample?

Originally Posted by lauren2988

color blindness appears in 2% of the people in a certain population. how large must a random sample be in order to be 99% certain that a color blind person is included in the sample?

Let X be the random variable number of color blind people in sample.

X ~ Binomial(n = ?, p = 0.02) (assuming a 'large' population).

The smallest integer value of n such that is required.

Therefore find the smallest integer solution to . Trial and error is as good a technique as any.

Hint: I get an answer for n that's larger than 200 but smaller than 300 .......