Identify which of the following variables can be described by a binomial random variable.   (a) Number of phone calls during an hour. [ Select ]   (b) Number of coin tosses until heads occurs. [ Select ]   (c) Number of correct answers on a multiple choice test with 20 questions when guessing and there are 5 choices for each question. binomial random variable   (d) Number of people that are red-green color blind in a random selection of 100 people.

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Identify which of the following variables can be described by a binomial random variable.
 
(a) Number of phone calls during an hour.
[ Select ]
 
(b) Number of coin tosses until heads occurs.
[ Select ]
 
(c) Number of correct answers on a multiple choice test with 20 questions when guessing and there are 5 choices for each question.
binomial random variable
 
(d) Number of people that are red-green color blind in a random selection of 100 people. 
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