Question

The TSA Is using an experimental computer to randomly select airline passengers for additional screening. Each person has a 0.7% chance of being selected. They test the new computer until 10 passengers are chosen for the additional screening, and then they remove it. Let the random variable be the number of passengers who pass through security until 10 are stopped for additional screening.
Is the number of passengers who pass through security in this time a binomial random variable?
Select all that apply
A. Yes. All four conditions are met.
B. No. There is not a fixed number of trials
C. No. The trials cannot reasonably be assumed to be independent.
D. No. The outcomes cannot be described as only "success" and-failure."
E. No. The probability of success is not the same for each trial

Answer 1

Answer:

B. No. There is not a fixed number of trials

Step-by-step explanation:

Binomial random variable:

Can only have two outcomes(yes/no questions).

Each trial must be independent, that is, the probability of a success is always the same in a trial, and the number of trials is fixed.

It's probabilities must be between 0 and 1.

Is the number of passengers who pass through security in this time a binomial random variable?

For each person, there are only two possible outcomes. Either they are screened, or not. However, we don't want to know the number of people screened, which is binomial, we want to know the number of people until 10 are screened, which is inverse binomial. So, since there is not a fixed number of trials, this is not binomial, and the answer is given by option B.