N=20 p=0.3. Using the probability notation P(x=x), write out all the probabilities you'd need to add up in order to calc P(x<6) then evaluate using a calculator.

Respuesta :

[tex]\mathbb P(X<6)=\mathbb P(X=0)+\mathbb P(X=1)+\cdots+\mathbb P(X=5)[/tex]

[tex]X[/tex] appears to have a binomial distribution, which means

[tex]\mathbb P(X=x)=\dbinom Nx p^x(1-p)^{N-x}[/tex]

where [tex]\dbinom nk=\dfrac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}[/tex]. So, as an example, you could compute

[tex]\mathbb P(X=0)=\dbinom{20}00.3^0\times0.7^{20}=0.7^{20}\approx0.0007979[/tex]

You should get

[tex]\mathbb P(X<6)=\displaystyle\sum_{x=0}^5\mathbb P(X=x)\approx0.4162[/tex]