In: Statistics and Probability
At your university, 40% of the undergraduates are from out of state. If you randomly select six of the undergraduates, what is the probability that
(a) All are from within the state?
(b) All are from out of state?
(c) Exactly two are from within the state?
(d) At least four are from within the state?
Answer:
Given that:
At your university, 40% of the undergraduates are from out of state. If you randomly select six of the undergraduates
Binomial probability distribution is
P(X) = nCx px (1 - p)n-x
a) All are from within the state?
P(Within state) = 1- 0.40 = 0.60
P(X = 6) = 6C6
b) All are from out of state?
P(out of state) = 0.40
P(X = 6) = 6C6
c) Exactly two are from within the state?
P(Within state) =
P(X = 2) = 6C2
d) At least four are from within the state?
P(Within state)
= 6C4 +6C5 +6C6