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gscherillo10
Nov 11, 2011, 07:05 PM
It is known that these grass seeds have a 95% probability of germinating. If I plant six seeds what is the probability that four seeds will germinate?

Unknown008
Nov 12, 2011, 11:57 AM
This is a binomial distribution problem. Do you know how to do those?

First, assign your variable:

X ~ B (n, p)

n = 6 and p = 0.95

Find P(X = 4) which is equal to nCr(p)^r(1-p)^{n-r}

Where r = 4