In: Statistics and Probability
At Spring Break, you decide to take what you have learned in Business Statistics and apply it in Las Vegas. You hit the roulette table and you bet on red each time. The probability of winning is approximately 0.47. You bet on red 5 times. Calculate the probability of losing at least 2 times. (Use Binomial Distribution)
Solution:
Given:
Probability of winning = 0.47
Probability of losing = 1 - Probability of winning = 1 - 0.47 = 0.53
thus p = 0.53
n = Number of times bet on red = 5
x = Number of times losing on bet, that is not getting red.
Thus x follows a Binomial distribution with parameters n = 5 and p = 0.53
Binomial probability formula :
Where
We have to find:
P( Losing at least 2 times) = ...........?
thus
and
Thus