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A small college has 800 students, 10% of which are left-handed. Suppose they take an SRS of 8
students. Let L = the number of left-handed students in the sample.
8
Graphing basketball C ( ) (0.10)2 (0.90)6
binomial distribution 2
2 6
= (0.10) (0.90)
arrangements there are, we use the binomial coefficient ( ) . It tells us the number of
n
k
possible arrangements for k successes in n trials.
We don't need to actually calculate it for this problem, but the binomial coefficient tell us
how many ways there are to arrange 2 successes in 8 trials. For instance, SSFFFFFF or
FFFFFFSS are a few of the ways, but how many total ways are there? Here's the formula
and calculations:
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( )=
n n!
k (n − k)! ⋅ k!
8 8!
( )=
2 (8 − 2)! ⋅ 2!
8⋅7⋅ 6⋅5⋅4⋅3⋅2⋅1
=
( 6 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1) ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1
= 28
Calculator:
8 C2 = 28
Each arrangement has probability (0.10)2 (0.90)6 so for our final answer we multiply
this probability by the number of possible arrangements:
8
( ) (0.10)2 (0.90)6
2
4/4 The answer:
8
( ) (0.10)2 (0.90)6
2
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