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Alan hasn't been having much luck at roulette and is convinced that the roulette wheel is loaded. Normally if you bet on a single number in roulette, your probability of winning is 1/38.
 
  Alan has bet on a single number in each of 109 consecutive spins and has lost every time. Is that an unusual result?
  A) Yes B) No

Question 2

The Acme Candy Company claims that 60 of the jawbreakers it produces weigh more than .4 ounces. Suppose that 800 jawbreakers are selected at random from the production lines.
 
  Would it be unusual for this sample of 800 to contain 517 jawbreakers that weigh more than .4 ounces?
  A) No B) Yes



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Answer to Question 1

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