Susan Nall
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2021-12-17
Answer & Explanation
Jenny Bolton
Expert
2021-12-18Added 32 answers
Step 1
Introduction:
In a fair die, there are 6 possible outcomes, 1, 2, ..., 6, all of which are equally likely, that is, with probability
Step 2
Calculation:
On rolling the fair die once, the probability of getting 1 or 2 is
Similarly, the probability of getting 3 or 4 is 1/3, and the probability of getting 5 or 6 is 1/3.
Thus, in case of each of the 11 questions, the probability of selecting each option is 1/3.
As the outcomes on the roll of a fair die are independent from one roll to another, the choices made in the different questions are also independent of one another.
Considering each attempted question as a trial, there are
Considering it to be a success if the correct option is chosen, the probability of success in each trial is
Here, X can be considered as the number of successes, that is, number of questions correctly answered. Thus, X has a binomial distribution with parameters,
Since p denotes the probability of success, the probability of failure is,
If
The probability mass function of X here is:
The probability of exactly 4 correct answers, that is, exactly 4 successes is calculated below:
Thus, the probability of exactly 4 correct answers is 0.238446.
Debbie Moore
Expert
2021-12-19Added 43 answers
Step 1
Binomial Problem with
Find the probability of
a) exactly four correct answers
b) fewer than three correct answers
nick1337
Expert
2021-12-28Added 573 answers
Step 1
Hence, the probability of getting the correct answer is
Note that the probability of x successes out of n trials is
where
Thus, the probability is
P(6)=0.017070569
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