SOLUTION: Decide whether the experiment is a binomial experiment. If it is not, explain why. Each week, a lottery player plays the Daily Three in the California lottery. The random variable

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Question 73130This question is from textbook Elementary Statistics
: Decide whether the experiment is a binomial experiment. If it is not, explain why. Each week, a lottery player plays the Daily Three in the California lottery. The random variable is the number of times per year the player wins. This question is from textbook Elementary Statistics

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Not binomial if the payoff is a fixed figure that does not depend on the number of participlants. That being the case the probability of winning changes every time he playssince more or fewer people participate each day.
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If the payoff is adjusted relative to the number of participants the experiment
could possibly be binomial, but that is highly unlikely.
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For an experiment to be binomial, the probability of success on each trial
must remain the same.
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Cheers,
Stan H.