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Binomial Probability Formula

The document discusses the binomial probability distribution. It provides properties of the binomial distribution including that the mean is np and the variance is npq. It gives an example of the binomial distribution with n=10 trials and p=0.8. Additionally, it provides examples of calculating the mean and variance of binomial distributions and using binomial probability tables.

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Binomial Probability Formula

The document discusses the binomial probability distribution. It provides properties of the binomial distribution including that the mean is np and the variance is npq. It gives an example of the binomial distribution with n=10 trials and p=0.8. Additionally, it provides examples of calculating the mean and variance of binomial distributions and using binomial probability tables.

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Binomial Probability Formula

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Binomial Distribution Properties

Properties:
 Mean = np

 Variance = npq
q  p
 Skewness = npq
 Kurtosis= 1  6 pq
3
npq

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Binomial Distribution - Example

 Example: The number X of seeds that


germinate in n=10 independent trials with
p=0.8 is b(10,0.8), that is,
10 
P ( X  x)   0.8 0.2  ; x  0,1,2,....,10
x 10  x

x 
 Distribution function
6
10 
F ( X  6)  P ( X  6)    0.8 0.2 
x 10  x
 
x 0  x 

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Binomial Probability - Example

There are five flights


daily from Clark via
Cebu Pacific, into
Cebu International
Airport. Suppose the
probability that any
flight arrives late is
.20.
What is the probability
that none of the
flights are late today?

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Binomial Distribution – Mean and Variance

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Binomial Distrobution – Mean and
Variance: Example

For the example


regarding the number
of late flights, recall
that  =.20 and n = 5.

What is the average


number of late flights?

What is the variance of


the number of late
flights?
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Binomial Dist. – Mean and Variance:
Another Solution

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Binomial Distribution - Table

Five percent of the worm gears produced by an automatic, high-


speed Carter-Bell milling machine are defective.
What is the probability that out of six gears selected at random
none will be defective? Exactly one? Exactly two? Exactly
three? Exactly four? Exactly five? Exactly six out of six?

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Binomial Distribution
Five percent of the worm gears produced by an automatic, high-speed Carter-Bell
milling machine are defective.
What is the probability that out of six gears selected at random none will be defective?
Exactly one? Exactly two? Exactly three? Exactly four? Exactly five? Exactly six
out of six?

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Binomial – Shapes for Varying  (n constant)

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Binomial – Shapes for Varying n ( constant)

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Binomial Probability Distribution -
Example

A study by the Department of Transportation and


Communication concluded that 76.2 percent of front
seat occupants used seat belts. A sample of 12
vehicles is selected.
What is the probability the front seat occupants in
exactly 7 of the 12 vehicles are wearing seat belts?

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Cumulative Binomial Probability
Distribution - Example

A study by the Department of Transportation and


Communication concluded that 76.2 percent of front
seat occupants used seat belts. A sample of 12
vehicles is selected.
What is the probability the front seat occupants in at
least 7 of the 12 vehicles are wearing seat belts?

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Binomial Distribution: Example

 If I toss a coin 20 times, what’s the probability


of getting of getting 2 or fewer heads?

 20  20 !
0
  (. 5 ) (. 5 ) 
20
(. 5 ) 20  9 . 5 x10  7 
0 20 !0!
 20  20 !
  (. 5 ) 1
(. 5 ) 19
 (. 5 ) 20  20 x 9 . 5 x10  7  1 . 9 x10  5 
1 19 !1!
 20  20 !
2
  (. 5 ) (. 5 ) 
18
(. 5 ) 20  190 x 9 . 5 x10  7  1 . 8 x10  4
 2 18 !2!
 1 . 8 x10  4
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Binomial Distribution: Example

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Binomial Distribution: Example

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