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  • Dec 11, 2011, 03:49 PM
    carolcheng
    mathematics: binomials
    Let X be the number of successes in 7 independent trials of a binomial experiment in which the probability of success is p = . Find the following probabilities. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)
    (a) P(X = 6).
  • Dec 12, 2011, 07:29 AM
    ebaines
    If the probability of sucecss for any one trial is p, that means the probability of a failure is (1-p). So to get 6 successes followed by one failure the probability is . But the one failure does not have to be the last trial - it could be any one of the 7 trials. Hence you multiply this by 7.

    Mathematically the formula for determining the probability of getting k successes in n trials is

  • Dec 18, 2011, 05:08 PM
    vannabannabear
    Mathway.com ! (:

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