During a visit to a local zoom, students either roam around

Stefan Hendricks

Stefan Hendricks

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2021-12-14

During a visit to a local zoom, students either roam around the zoo solo or with thier friends. It is seen that 20% of the students roam around with thier freinds during a visit to a local zoo
In a sample of 6 studentsfind the prob that alteast 2 will roam around with thier friends in the zoo
use binomial prob function in excel to solve the question

Answer & Explanation

Debbie Moore

Debbie Moore

Beginner2021-12-15Added 43 answers

Step 1
Given information is ;
p=Probability that students roam around with their friends during a visit to a local zoo=20%=0.2
q=1p=10.2=0.8
sample size(n) =number of students=6
Probability density function of binomial distribution is given by;
P(X=x)=nCxpxqnx,x=0,1,2,..n
Excel command for binomial function =BINOMDIST(x,n,p,cum)
where, p=Probability of success for each trail
n=sample size
c takes value TRUE or FALSE
Step 2
Calculation:
Given: n=6,p=0.2,q=0.8
Probability that at least 2 will roam around with their friends in the zoo i.e P(x2) is given by;
P(x2)=1P(x<2)
=1[(P(x=0)+P(x=1)]
therefore by using excel command we can find binomial probabilities as below ;
P(X=x)=BINOMDIST(x,n,p,c)
P(x=0)=BINOMDIST(0,6,0.2,TRUE)
=0.262144
P(x=1)=BINOMDIST(1,6,0.2,FALSE)
=0.65536
P(x2)=1[(P(x=0)+P(x=1)]
=1(0.262144+0.393216)
=10.65536
=0.34464
0.3446
Answer:
Probability that at least 2 will roam around with their friends in the zoo i.e P(x2) is equal to 0.3446

Tiefdruckot

Tiefdruckot

Beginner2021-12-16Added 46 answers

Calculation:
Given:
n=6, p=0.2, q=0.8
P(x2)=1P(x<2)
=1[(P(x=0)+P(x=1)]
P(X=x)=B(x, n, p, c)
P(x=0)=B(0, 6, 0.2, true)
=0.262144
P(x=1)=B(1, 6, 0.2, false)
=0.65536
P(x2)=1[(P(x=0)+P(x=1)]
=1(0.262144+0.393216)
=10.65536
=0.34464
0.3446
Answer: P(x2) is equal to 0.3446

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