Lesson on Binomial Probability

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Which descriptions are true for a binomial distribution?

• the probability of success must be the same for each event

• the probability for each event must be 0.5

• there can be only two possible outcomes

• The probabilities must add to 1

• each trial must be independent

What is the probability of tossing a coin 5 times and having it land tails-side-up 4 of the 5 times?

• 7.8 %

• 80 %

• 1.6 %

• 20 %

In a certain town, 75% of all drivers are insured. What is the expected number of insured drivers present in a group of 200 randomly selected townspeople?

• 75

• 150

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In a certain town, 90% of the people drive without ever looking at their phones. In a group of 200 randomly selected citizens, what is the variance?

• 18

• 4.24

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• 90

At a certain restaurant, there is a 70% probability that the flowers on your table will be yellow. If you are there with a group that is occupying 6 tables, what is the probability that 5 of the tables will have yellow flowers?

• 70%

• 70.6 %

• 30.3 %

• 5.0 %

If you are randomly selecting a day, the probability of selecting a Saturday is 1/7. If 10 days are randomly selected, what is the standard deviation?

• 1.22

• 1

• 1/7

• 1.11

Which of the following could be examples of binomial probabilities? (select all that apply)

• P(success)=0.99, P(failure) = 0.01

• P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.4

• P(A)= 1/3, P(B) = 1/3, P(C) = 1/3

• P(3)= 1/6, P(not 3) = 5/6

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It is believed that 33% of adults HAVE NEVER read a book since graduating from high school.

If you randomly selected 500 post-high school adults, How many of them would you expect to find in that group who HAD read a book since high school?

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