Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32192-459-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-32192-459-9

Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - 5-3 Binomial Probability Distributions - Page 218: 10

Answer

The probability distribution is not binomial.

Work Step by Step

A probability distribution is binomial if each event can have 2 outcomes only. Here, the number of terms served can have more than 2 outcomes, and the selections are not independent, therefore the probability distribution is not binomial.
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