SOLUTION: If 20% of adults smoke and you take a random sample of 10 adults. What is the probability that you would have 0 smokers in your sample? (Binomial distribution)

Question 990316: If 20% of adults smoke and you take a random sample of 10 adults. What is the probability that you would have 0 smokers in your sample? (Binomial distribution)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 20% of adults smoke and you take a random sample of 10 adults. What is the probability that you would have 0 smokers in your sample? (Binomial distribution)
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n = 10 ; p(smoke) = 0.2 ; p(don't smoke) = 0.8
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P(x = 0 smokers) = 0.8^10 = 0.1074
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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