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Binomial Probability Distribution. How to determine the probability of one candidate of two winning.

User Topepo
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.5

B - binary?
I - independent?
N - trials
S - prob success

B - yes, win or not
I - past candidates don’t affect future candidates
N - 2 candidates
S - .5 probability of winning

Go to the binompdf function on your graphing calculator.

binompdf(2 (trials), .5 (p), 1 (1)) = .5
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