In a carnival game, there are 8 identical boxes, one of which contains a prize. Contestants guess which box contains the prize.
The game is played until one of the contestants guesses it correctly. A contestant with the smaller number of guesses wins the prize. Before each game, a new prize is placed at random in one of the 8 boxes. Requried:
Is it appropriate to use the binomial probability distribution to find the probability that a contestant who plays the game that day several times wins exactly 4 times?
You have to use the quadratic formula to solve this. when you do, you get x values of 1.079 and -.5791. You did not provide choices but that's what it comes out to.
