Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - 5-3 The Binomial Distribution - Exercises 5-3 - Page 284: 18

Answer

a. $\mu=np=100, \sigma^2=npq=90, \sigma=9.5$ b. $\mu=np=125, \sigma^2=npq=93.75, \sigma=9.7$ c. $\mu=np=20, \sigma^2=npq=12, \sigma=3.5$ d. $\mu=np=6, \sigma^2=npq=5, \sigma=2.2$

Work Step by Step

a. $n=1000, p=0.1, q=0.9, np=100, nq=900$ $\mu=np=100, \sigma^2=npq=90, \sigma=9.5$ b. $n=500, p=0.25, q=0.75, np=125, nq=375$ $\mu=np=125, \sigma^2=npq=93.75, \sigma=9.7$ c. $n=50, p=0.4, q=0.6, np=20, nq=30$ $\mu=np=20, \sigma^2=npq=12, \sigma=3.5$ d. $n=36, p=1/6, q=5/6, np=6, nq=30$ $\mu=np=6, \sigma^2=npq=5, \sigma=2.2$
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