A game at the fair involves ping-pong balls numbered 1 to 18. You can win a prize if you correctly choose the 5 numbers that are
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Step-by-step explanation:
Binomial probability distribution
The binomial probability is the probability of exactly x successes on n repeated trials, and X can only have two outcomes.
In which is the number of different combinatios of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.
And is the probability of X happening.
(a) A fair die is rolled 50 times. X = number of times a 5 is rolled
The die is rolled 50 times, so .
Each roll can have 6 outcomes. So the probability that 5 is rolled is
(b) A company puts a game card in each box of cereal and 1/100 of them are winners. You buy sixteen boxes of cereal, and X = number of times you win.
You buy 16 boxes of cereal, so .
1 of 100 are winners. So .
(c) Jack likes to play computer solitaire and wins about 25% of the time. X = number of games he wins out of his next 26 games.
He plays 26 games, so .
He wins 25% of the time, so
We have that . So