Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Discrete Random Variables - Exercises 4.50 - 4.76 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 205: 4.55c

Answer

$p(0)=.027$

Work Step by Step

$q=1-p=1-.7=.3$ $p(x)=\begin{pmatrix} n \\ x \end{pmatrix}p^xq^{n-x}$ $p(0)=\begin{pmatrix} 3 \\ 0 \end{pmatrix}.3^0.3^{3-0}=\frac{3!}{0!(3-0)!}1(.3)^3=.027$
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