A news company reported that 6% of adult Americans have a food allergy. Consider selecting 15 adult Americans at random. Define the random variable x as x = number of people in the sample of 15 that have a food allergy.

Number of people that have food allergy = 1 person (approx.)

Explanation:

Given:

Percentage of American have food allergy = 6 %

Number of people in survey = 15

Find:

Number of people that have food allergy

Computation:

Number of people that have food allergy = Number of people in survey x Percentage

Number of people that have food allergy = 15 x 6 %

Number of people that have food allergy = 0.9

Number of people that have food allergy = 1 person (approx.)