Question 14.4: Snoring According to the CDC, the chance that a person snore......

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Snoring

According to the CDC, the chance that a person snores while sleeping is 20%. Use random numbers to simulate a sample of 20 people and identify those who snore.

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Now $20 \%$ is $\frac{20}{100}=\frac{1}{5}$ , so one out of every five people snores while sleeping. Using random digits, select 20 single numbers and assign 1 and 2 as people who snore and 3 through 9 and 0 as people who do not snore. (Note: You can use any two digits for those who snore.) Then the $1 \mathrm{~s}$ and 2 s represent people who snore; 0 and 3 through 9 represent those who do not snore.

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