Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Section 3-6 - Binomial Distribution - Exercises - Page 85: 3-102

Answer

(a)$p(x>20)\approx0$ (b)$p(x<5)=0.2137$

Work Step by Step

Given that n=25, p=0.25, then, $p(X=x)=\frac{25!}{x!(25-x)!}(0.25)^{x}(0.75)^{25-x}, x=0,1,2,...,25$ (a)$p(x>20)=p(x=21)+p(x=22)+p(x=23)+p(x=24)+p(x=25)\approx0$ (b)$p(x<5)=p(x=0)+p(x=1)+p(x=2)+p(x=3)+p(x=4)=0.2137$
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