A quiz consists of 10 true or false questions. To pass the quiz a student must answer at least eight questions correctly. If the student guesses on each question, what is the probability that the student will pass the quiz? 0.20 0.08 0.8 0.055

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A quiz consists of 10 true or false questions. To pass the quiz a student must answer at least eight
questions correctly. If the student guesses on each question, what is the probability that the
student will pass the quiz?
0.20
0.08
0.8
0.055
Provide an appropriate response.
Transcribed Image Text:Provide an appropriate response. A quiz consists of 10 true or false questions. To pass the quiz a student must answer at least eight questions correctly. If the student guesses on each question, what is the probability that the student will pass the quiz? 0.20 0.08 0.8 0.055 Provide an appropriate response.
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Given that a quiz consists of 10 true of false questions.  

Student guesses on each question.

So, probability that students guess each question correctly is 0.5

Let , X be the number of questions student guesses correctly. 

X follows Binomial distribution with n = 10 and p = 0.5

 

 

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