SOLUTION: Six jelly beans are selected, one at a time from a bowl containing 10 black, 10 red and 10 green jelly beans. Let x represent the number of green jelly beans selected in 6 draws fr

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Question 622123: Six jelly beans are selected, one at a time from a bowl containing 10 black, 10 red and 10 green jelly beans. Let x represent the number of green jelly beans selected in 6 draws from the bowl.

(A) If this experiment is completed without replacing the jelly beans, explain why x is not a binomial random variable.
(B) If this experiment is completed with replacement of the jelly beans, explain why x is a binomial random variable.

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The probability must be constant over a set of trials for the variable to be a binomial variable.

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