document.write( "Question 1183264: I don't understand the formulas to answer this question. Can you help? \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Consider a binomial experiment with n = 7 trials where the probability of success on a single trial is p = 0.10. (For each answer, enter a number. Round your answers to three decimal places.)
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the binomial formula is:
\n" ); document.write( "p(x) = p^x * q^(n-x) * c(n,x)
\n" ); document.write( "p is the probabillity of success.
\n" ); document.write( "q is the probability of failure = 1 - p.
\n" ); document.write( "n is the number of trials
\n" ); document.write( "x is the number of successes.
\n" ); document.write( "(n-x) is the number of failures.
\n" ); document.write( "c(n,x) is the number of possible combinations of sets of x eleents taken from a set of n elements.
\n" ); document.write( "the formula for c(n,x) is n! / (x! * (n-x)!)
\n" ); document.write( "for example:
\n" ); document.write( "c(7,3) = 7! / (3! * 4!) = (7*6*5*4*3*2*1) / ((3*2*1)*(4*3*2*1)) = (7*6*5) / (3*2*1) = (7*5) = 35.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the following spreadsheet shows all the calculations for x from 0 to 7.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the sum of all probabilities must be equal to 1.
\n" ); document.write( "otherwise, you did something wrong.\r
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