document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1203620>Question 1203620</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A meteorologist at Bvumbwe research station recorded the number of days of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rain during a 30-day period. If the random variable X is denoted as the number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of days of rain, does X have a binomial distribution? If not, why not? If so,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are both values of n and p known? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X does <u><font color=red size=4>not</font></u> have a binomial distribution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why not? Because X does not have two outcomes only. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Instead X has the outcomes from the set {0,1,2,3,4,...,29,30} to represent the number of days of rain for the 30-day period.<BR>\n" );
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