binomialcdf

The "cdf" in this stands for cumulative. This function will take whatever value we type in, and .find the

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cumulative probability foi: that value and all the values below it. In other words, this function allows us to
cal~ ~robability of ;,c or f~we1·" successes. for some number c.
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P(X ::;,c) = binomcdf(n, p,c)
n - > number of trials

p -> probability of success

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Now try this problem:

Xis a binomially distributed discrete random variable which represents the

number of successes in six trials. The probability of success in each trial is .!. ·- -

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What is tlie probability of 5) \ _ p (')<-:::.. 0 )

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processors, it is found that 5 % are defective. (l ( \ 5 () 0 s)
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Processors are selected at random and put t.=:> '-- > ' .
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three defective processors \ - t1. \ J \ )

ii no defective processors
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. -~ y morni ng, the probability that Sa~ takes a bus to work is 0.4. Find the probability
a working week of five days, Sam takes the bus to work twice.
 ~drug.is known to have an 80% success rate for people using it being cured.
medical testing programme administered this drug to two groups of 10 patients.
Find the probability that all 10 patients were cured in both groups.

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Expectation of a Binomial Distribution (M n of the distribution)

Forthe binomial distributionwhereX ~ B (n,p), the expectation of x·

A biased dice is thrown 30 times and the number of sixes seen is eight.
If tp.e dice is thrown a further 12 times find the expected number of sixes.

a A fair coin is tossed 40 times. Find the

expected number of heads.
b A fair dice is rolled 40 times. Find the
expected number of sixes.
c A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards,
noted and returned. This is repeated
until 40 cards have been drawn. Find the
expected number of hearts.

Variance of a Binomial Distribution

The for binomial distribution with X ~ B (n, p) is

given b np ( 1 - p).

If the dice is thrown a further 12 times, find:

a the probability that a six will occur exactly twice
b the expected number of sixes
c the variance of the number of sixes.
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