document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1127463>Question 1127463</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose we want to determine the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(binomial) probability (p) of getting 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "heads in 10 flips of a 2-sided coin. Using<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the Binomial Table in the appendix of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "text, what values of n, x, and p would we<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use to look up this probability, and what<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would be the probability? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(binomial) probability (p) of getting 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "heads in 10 flips of a 2-sided coin. Using<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the Binomial Table in the appendix of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "text, what values of n, x, and p would we<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use to look up this probability, and what<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would be the probability? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n is the number of trials:: 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p is the probability of getting \"head\" in one trial:: 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x is the # of heads in the 10 trials:: 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(x=4) = 10C4*(1/2)^4*(1/2)^6 = binompdf(10,1/2,4) = 0.2051<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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