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[[3]] (to 3 decimal places).</p>\n\n  \n  \n", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}, {"scripts": {}, "gaps": [{"showCorrectAnswer": true, "allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "type": "numberentry", "maxValue": "prob1+tol", "minValue": "prob1-tol", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "marks": 1, "showPrecisionHint": false}, {"showCorrectAnswer": true, "allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "type": "numberentry", "maxValue": "prob2+tol", "minValue": "prob2-tol", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "marks": 1, "showPrecisionHint": false}], "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "\n<p>Find the probability that {this} $\\var{thisnumber}$ {things}</p>\n  <p>$\\operatorname{P}(X=\\var{thisnumber})=$? [[0]] (to 3 decimal places).</p>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n  <p>Find the probability that {thisaswell} {thatnumber} {things}</p>\n  <p>Probability = ? [[1]] (to 3 decimal places).</p>\n\n  \n  \n", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}], "statement": "\n<p>{pre} $\\var{thismany}$ {post}</p>\n  <p>{something} $\\var{number1}$ {else}</p>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n  \n  \n", "tags": ["acc1012", "ACC1012", "binomial distribution", "Binomial Distribution", "Binomial distribution", "checked2015", "expectation", "expected number", "probabilities", "probability", "Probability", "sc", "standard deviation", "statistical distributions", "statistics"], "rulesets": {}, "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "type": "question", "metadata": {"notes": "\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \t\t            \t\t<p><strong>31/12/2012:</strong></p>\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \t\t            \t\t    <p>Can be configured to other applications using the string variables supplied. Hence added tag sc.</p>\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \t\t            \t\t    <p>Not as yet properly tested.</p>\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \t\t            \n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \n\t\t    \t\t        \n\t\t    \n\t\t", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \t\t<p>Application of the binomial distribution given probabilities of success of an event.</p>\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \t\t    <p>Finding probabilities using the binomial distribution.</p>\n\t\t    \t\t        \t\t    \n\t\t    \t\t        \n\t\t    \n\t\t"}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "advice": "\n<p>a)</p>\n  <p>1. $X \\sim \\operatorname{bin}(\\var{number1},\\var{prob})$, so $n= \\var{number1},\\;\\;p=\\var{prob}$.</p>\n  <p>2. The expectation is given by $\\operatorname{E}[X]=n\\times p=\\var{number1}\\times \\var{prob}=\\var{number1*prob}$</p>\n  <p>3. $\\operatorname{stdev}(X)=\\sqrt{n\\times p \\times (1-p)}=\\sqrt{\\var{number1}\\times \\var{prob} \\times \\var{1-prob}}=\\var{sd}$ to 3 decimal places.</p>\n  <p>b)</p>\n  <p>1. \\[ \\begin{eqnarray*}\\operatorname{P}(X = \\var{thisnumber}) &amp;=&amp; \\dbinom{\\var{number1}}{\\var{thisnumber}}\\times\\var{prob}^{\\var{thisnumber}}\\times(1-\\var{prob})^{\\var{number1-thisnumber}}\\\\&amp; =&amp; \\var{comb(number1,thisnumber)} \\times\\var{prob}^{\\var{thisnumber}}\\times\\var{1-prob}^{\\var{number1-thisnumber}}\\\\&amp;=&amp;\\var{prob1}\\end{eqnarray*} \\] to 3 decimal places.</p>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n  <p>2.&nbsp;</p>\n  <p>\\[ \\begin{eqnarray*}\\operatorname{P}(X \\leq \\var{thatnumber})&amp; =&amp; \\simplify[all,!collectNumbers]{P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + {v}*P(X = 2)}\\\\&amp; =&amp; \\simplify[zeroFactor,zeroTerm,unitFactor]{{1 -prob} ^ {number1}+ {number1} *{prob} *{1 -prob} ^ {number1 -1} + {v} * ({number1} * {number1 -1}/2)* {prob} ^ 2 *( {1 -prob} ^ {number1 -2})}\\\\&amp; =&amp; \\var{prob2}\\end{eqnarray*} \\]</p>\n  <p>to 3 decimal places.</p>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n  \n  \n", "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}