Question

Which expression entered into a graphing calculator will return the probability

that 35 or fewer heads come up when flipping a coin 100 times?
A. binomcdf(35, 100, 0.5)
B. binomcdf(100, 0.5, 35)
C. binomcdf(100, 35, 0.5)
O D. binomcdf(35, 0.5, 100)

Answer 1

B. binomcdf(100, 0.5, 35)

Explanation:

Binomcdf function:

The binomcdf function has the following syntax:

binomcdf(n,p,a)

In which n is the number of trials, p is the probability of a success in a trial and a is the number of sucesses.

35 or fewer heads come up when flipping a coin 100 times.

100 coins are flipped, which means that n = 100.

Equally as likely to be heads or tails, so p = 0.5

35 or fewer heads, so a = 35.

Then

binomcdf(n,p,a) = binomcdf(100,0.5,35)

The correct answer is given by option B.