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Determining if the normal approximation to the binomial distribution should be used.
Determine if the normal approximation to the binomial distribution could be used for the following problems:
A.) A study found that 1% of Social Security recipients are too young to vote. 800 Social Security recipients are randomly selected.
B.) A study found that 30% of the people in a community use the library in one year. 15 people from the community were selected.
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