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BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

p(x) = nCx(p^n)(q^(n-x))

NO. OF OBSERVATIONS=n PROBABILITY=p

MEAN=np, q=1-p

QUESTION THE PROBABILITY THAT A MAN AGED 60 WILL LIVE UPTO 70 IS 0.65.
OUT OF 10 MEN, NOW AGED 60, FIND THE PROBABILITY THAT -

I. AT LEAST 7 WILL LIVE UPTO 70


II. EXACTLY 9 WILL LIVE UPTO 70
III. AT MOST 9 WILL LIVE UPTO 70

ANSWER NO. OF OBSERVATION(n) 10


PROBABILITY(p) 0.65
q=1-p 0.35

I. AT LEAST 7 WILL LIVE UPTO 70


X=7,8,9,10
P(X>=7)=P(7)+P(8)+P(9)+P(10)
P(7) 0.25222
P(8) 0.175653
P(9) 0.072492
P(10) 0.013463
P(X>=7) 0.513827

II. EXACTLY 9 WILL LIVE UPTO 70


X=9
P(X) 0.072492

III. AT MOST 9 WILL LIVE UPTO 70


P(X<=9) 0.986537
FIND THE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE FOLLOWING DATA.

X F FX BF TF ROUND OFF
1 4 4 0.037176 4.275249 4
2 13 26 0.129169 14.85449 15
3 28 84 0.249335 28.67354 29
4 42 168 0.288774 33.20903 33
5 20 100 0.200671 23.07716 23
6 6 36 0.077471 8.909145 9
7 2 14 0.012818 1.474052 1
115 432 0.995414 114.4727 114

MEAN 3.756522
P 0.536646
QUESTION

FOUR COINS ARE TOSSED 100 TIMES AND FOLLOWING DATA WAS OBTAINED.
FIT A BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION AND CALCULATE THEORETICAL FREQUENCY.

no of head frequency fx BF TF Round off


0 5 0 0.067652 6.765201 7
1 29 29 0.259996 25.9996 26
2 36 72 0.3747 37.47001 37
3 25 75 0.240004 24.0004 24
4 5 20 0.057648 5.764801 6
100 196 100 100

n=4
mean 1.96
p=mean/n 0.49

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