NCERT Class XII Mathematics Chapter - - Solutions

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Question : 86
Total: 101
Suppose that 90% of people are right-handed. What is the probability that at most 6 of a random sample of 10 people are right-handed?
Solution:  
Let p be the probability of success that people is right handed
⇒p=
90
100
=
9
10
and q=1−p=1−
9
10
=
1
10

∴ X has a binomial distribution with n=10,p=
9
10
,q=
1
10

∴P(X=r)=nCr(q)n−rpr
Required probability = P(at most 6 of 10 people are right handed)
= P (X ≤ 6) = 1 – P (7 ≤ X ≤ 10)
=1−
10
∑
r=7
10Cr(
9
10
)
r
(
1
10
)
10−r

=1−
10
∑
r=7
10Cr(0.9)r(0.1)10−r
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