Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 344: 36a

Answer

It is a binomial experiment.

Work Step by Step

It is a binomial experiment because of the following: 1. It is performed a fixed number of times, n = 10. 2. The trials are independent. 3. For each trial, there are two possible mutually exclusive outcomes: smoker started smoking before 21 or smoker started smoking after 21. 4. The probability of “smoker started smoking before 21” is fixed at p = 0.90.
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