In: Statistics and Probability
Approximately 13% of the population are left-handed.
If three people are randomly selected, what is the probability that all are left- handed? (round to 4 decimal places)
If three people are randomly selected, what is the probability that at least 1 person is not left handed? (round to 4 decimal places)
Notice that these two events are complementary (the probabilities do add up to 1).
n = 3, p = 0.13
Since it is a binomial distribution, so P(X = x) = nCx * p^x * (1 - p)^(n - x)
a)P(all are left handed) = P(X = 3) = 3C3 * (0.13)^3 * (0.87)^0 = 0.0022
b) P(at least one person is not left handed) = 1 - P(all are left handed)
= 1 - 0.0022
= 0.9978