MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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20 % of biscuits made by a baker are chocolate chip cookies.
11 biscuits are selected at random.
a)
Assuming a binomial distribution for X , the number of chocolate chip cookies, write down the values of nand p
X∼bin(n,p)
n=? p=?
b)
Find the
P(X=3)= (to 3 decimal places).
Find the probability that our selection contains no more than 1 chocolate chip cookies.
Probability = ? (to 3 decimal places).
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