Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
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Chapter 6 - Review - Test - Page 357: 9a

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$P(x)={}_nC_{x}~p^x~(1-p)^{n-x}$ n = 5, p = 0.2 and 1 - p = 0.8 $P(0)={}_5C_{0}\times0.2^0\times0.8^{5}=\frac{5!}{0!\times5!}\times1\times0.32768=1\times1\times0.32768=0.32768$ $P(1)={}_5C_{1}\times0.2^1\times0.8^{4}=\frac{5!}{1!\times4!}\times0.2\times0.8^4=5\times0.2\times0.4096=0.4096$ $P(2)={}_5C_{2}\times0.2^2\times0.8^{3}=\frac{5!}{2!\times3!}\times0.04\times0.512=10\times0.04\times0.512=0.2048$ $P(3)={}_5C_{3}\times0.2^3\times0.8^{2}=\frac{5!}{3!\times2!}\times0.008\times0.64=20\times0.008\times0.64=0.1024$ $P(4)={}_5C_{4}\times0.2^4\times0.8^{1}=\frac{5!}{4!\times1!}\times0.0016\times0.8=5\times0.0016\times0.8=0.0064$ $P(5)={}_5C_{5}\times0.2^5\times0.8^{0}=\frac{5!}{5!\times0!}\times0.00032\times1=1\times0.00032\times1=0.00032$
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