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1. One out of four Americans over age 55 has eaten pizza for breakfast. P(Eaten Pizza) = 0.25. If a sample of 10 Americans over the age of 55 is selected at random, find the probability that at most 3 have eaten pizza for breakfast. Use the binomial formula.
One out of four Americans over age 55 have eaten pizza for breakfast i.e. P(Eaten Pizza)=0.25=p. Therefore, q=1-p=0.75
Sample of 10 Americans over age 55 is selected at random, n=10.
Let X be the random variable that Americans over age 55 have eaten pizza for breakfast. Therefore, X follows Binomial distribution with parameters n=10 and p=0.25 i.e.
To find: P(at most 3 have eaten pizza for breakfast) i.e .
The probability mass function is given by
Required probability is given as:
The probability that at most 3 have eaten pizza for breakfast is 0.7758751.