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2.4.13 Model with probability distributions

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Question 15

Marine biologists monitoring a coral reef find that the probability of a specific coral colony showing signs of thermal stress is 0.40. They survey a reef section containing 200 individual colonies.

a.

Using a suitable approximation, estimate the probability that more than 75 colonies in the section show signs of thermal stress.

[4]
b.

A researcher examines 3 separate sections of the reef, each containing 200 colonies.

Estimate the probability that at least 76 colonies show signs of thermal stress in each of the 3 sections.

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