BINOMIAL

DISTRIBUTION
Assumptions of the binomial distribution
• The experiment involves n identical trials.
• Each trial has only two possible outcomes denoted as
success or failure.
• Each trial is independent of the previous trials.
• The terms p and q remain constant throughout the
experiment, where p is the probability of getting a success on
any one trial and q = (1 – p) is the probability of getting a
failure on any one trial.
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• An example of the use of the binomial distribution, the data from the North
Carolina State Center for Health Statistics (A-3) show that 14 percent of
mothers admitted to smoking one or more cigarettes per day during
pregnancy. If a random sample of size 10 is selected from this population, what
is the probability that it will contain exactly four mothers who admitted to
smoking during pregnancy?
• Suppose it is known that 10 percent of a certain population is color blind. If a
random sample of 25 people is drawn from this population, find the
probability that:
(a) Five or fewer will be color blind.
(b) Six or more will be color blind.
(c) Between six and nine inclusive will be color blind.