According to a recent study, 1 in every 9 women has been a victim of domestic abuse at some point in her life. Suppose we have randomly and independently sampled twenty-five women and asked each whether she has been a victim of domestic abuse at some point in her life. Find the probability
That at least 2 of the women sampled have been the victim of domestic abuse. Round to six decimal
Places.
A) 0.536248
B) 0.217076
C) 0.782924
D) 0.246677

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The probability that a woman has been a victim of domestic abuse is 1/9. Using the binomial distribution, the probability that at least 2 out of 25 women have been victims is calculated as 1 minus the probability that 0 or 1 woman has been a victim. This results in approximately 0.782924.

According to a Recent Study, 1 in Every 9 Women