Thread: Binomial distribution.

Hey Guys, I need some more help here.

Im not sure how to solve this question:

It is known in the ice cream industry that 38% of people have chocolate as their favorite flavor ice cream.

Let X be the number of people in a sample of 10 who say chocolate is their favourite ice-cream flavor.

Calculate: P(X < 3)


Thanks.

P(X<3) = P(X=0) + P(X=1)+ P(X=2)

You should have been taught a method for finding the probabilities on the right hand side before being set the question. (binomial distribution, maybe?)

no I wasn't given any method on how to solve this question, this is exactly the question given to me, so I myself am confused. Pls continue to guide me through this question.

Thanks alot

Originally Posted by axz92

It is known in the ice cream industry that 38% of people have chocolate as their favorite flavor ice cream. Let X be the number of people in a sample of 10 who say chocolate is their favorite ice-cream flavor. Calculate: P(X < 3)

This is simple binominal probability. We assume independence, the number of trials is N=10, the probability of success is p=0.38.
P(X=k)= Combin(N,k)p^k(1-p)^{N-k}, k=0,1,2. Add those up.

Note that the LaTeX compiler is down.

How did u get the value 0,1,2 for the variable K?

Originally Posted by axz92

How did u get the value 0,1,2 for the variable K?

*Ahem* ....

Originally Posted by axz92

Hey Guys, I need some more help here.

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Calculate: P(X < 3)

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Originally Posted by axz92

no I wasn't given any method on how to solve this question, this is exactly the question given to me, so I myself am confused. Pls continue to guide me through this question.

Thanks alot

Then why would you be set this question to do?