The Geometric Distribution

AP Statistics· difficulty 4/5

A binomial situation has p = 0.4 success and n = 6 trials.

3 Bin(6, 0.4); X=3 highlighted

What is the probability of exactly 3 successes?

  • A

    ≈ 0.1500

  • B

    ≈ 0.5000

  • C

    ≈ 0.0640

  • D

    ≈ 0.2765

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Explanation

C(6,3)(0.4)^3(0.6)^3 = 20(0.064)(0.216) = 0.27648.

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