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 =
=
and q = 1 − p = 1 −
=
∴ X has a binomial distribution withn = 10 , p =
, q =
∴ P ( X = r ) = n C r ( q ) n − r p r
Required probability = P(at most 6 of 10 people are right handed)
= P (X ≤ 6) = 1 – P (7 ≤ X ≤ 10)
= 1 −
10 C r (
) r (
) 10 − r
= 1 −
10 C r ( 0.9 ) r ( 0.1 ) 10 − r
∴ X has a binomial distribution with
Required probability = P(at most 6 of 10 people are right handed)
= P (X ≤ 6) = 1 – P (7 ≤ X ≤ 10)
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