Whether a customer at a carry-out restaurant leaves a tip is a random variable. The probability that a customer leaves a tip is 0.42. The probability that one customer leaves a tip is independent of whether another customer leaves a tip. Let leaving a tip represent a “success” and not leaving a tip represent a “failure.” Does this problem describe a discrete or continuous random variable?What kind probability distribution fits the random variable described in this problem?What is the probability that a customer does not leave a tip?Calculate the mean and variance of this distribution.What is the probability that on a day with 100 customers, exactly 50 of them leave a tip?

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Does this problem describe a discrete or continuous random variable? What kind probability distribution fits the random variable described in this problem? What is the probability that a customer does not leave a tip? Calculate the mean and variance of this distribution. What is the probability that on a day with 100 customers, exactly 50 of them leave a tip?

Does this problem describe a discrete or continuous random variable? What kind probability distribution fits the random variable described in this problem? What is the probability that a customer does not leave a tip? Calculate the mean and variance of this distribution. What is the probability that on a day with 100 customers, exactly 50 of them leave a tip?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

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Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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