Question

About ​% of babies born with a certain ailment recover fully. A hospital is caring for babies born with this ailment. The random variable represents the number of babies that recover fully. Decide whether the experiment is a binomial experiment. If it​ is, identify a​ success, specify the values of​ n, p, and​ q, and list the possible values of the random variable x. Is the experiment a binomial​ experiment?

Answer 1

This is a binomial experiment .

Explanation:

As the percent is not indicated the success is the amount of percent (if given) say it is 10 % . So p will be equal to = 0.1 and q will be = 1-0.1= 0.9

and n would be five or any number as a binomial experiment is repeated for a fixed number of times.

And x would take any value of n i.e.

X= 0,1,2,3,4,5

If it is 20 % . So p will be equal to = 0.2 and q will be = 1-0.2= 0.8

The probability is the number of the percent indicated. But as it is not indicated we assume it to be 10 % or 20 % .Or suppose any number for it to be a binomial experiment.

The number of trials n would be fixed .

The success remains constant for all trials.

All trials are independent.