A train ticket office has sold 20 tickets to ride the train. All passengers (ticket holder) are independent of each other, and the probability that a passenger is part of the frequent train passenger club is 0.65 (65% chance they are part of the group and 35% chance they are not). Let X be the number of passengers out of the 20 that are part of the frequent train passenger club. a. What type

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A train ticket office has sold 20 tickets to ride the train. All passengers (ticket holder) are independent of each other, and the probability that a passenger is part of the frequent train passenger club is 0.65 (65% chance they are part of the group and 35% chance they are not). Let X be the number of passengers out of the 20 that are part of the frequent train passenger club. a. What type of distribution does X follow? Write the probability mass function (f(x)), and name its parameters
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