SOLUTION: Given 30 questions, if the minimum passing grade is 21, what is the exact probability that a student passes the exam if they are guessing on each question with a 35% chance of gues

Question 1200895: Given 30 questions, if the minimum passing grade is 21, what is the exact probability that a student passes the exam if they are guessing on each question with a 35% chance of guessing correctly?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ikleyn(52935)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Given 30 questions, if the minimum passing grade is 21, what is the exact probability
that a student passes the exam if they are guessing on each question with a 35% chance
of guessing correctly?
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The given problem is a Binomial distribution probability problem. It asks about the probability of getting 21 or more successful trials in the experiment with 30 trials and the probability of success 0.35 in each individual trial. The formula for the probability is P = P(n=30; k>=21; p=0.35) = . The simplest way to calculate it is to use the online calculator at this site https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx It provides nice instructions and a convenient input and output for all relevant options/cases. The resulting number is P = P(n=30, k>=21, p= 0.35) = 0.0001 (rounded). ANSWER

Solved.

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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20066)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Your teacher might expect you to use a TI-84 calculator. It's the probability of getting 30-21=9 or fewer wrong with the probability of getting a question wrong being 1-0.35=0.65. press 2nd vars scroll down to B:binomcdf( press enter beside trials: type 30 beside p: type 0.65 beside x value: type 9 press the down arrow to highlight Paste press enter you should read binomcdf(30,0.65,9) press enter Read 1.001487905E-4 The E-4 means x10^-4 (the E is for the exponent of 10) 1.001487905x10^-4 which is scientific notation and means to move the decimal point left 4 places. 0.0001001487905 Edwin

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