If you play roulettes and bet on 'red' the probability that you win is 18/38 = .4737. People often repeat this between several times. We can consider each time we play a 'trial' and consider it a success when we win, so p = 18/38 or (.4737) and q = 20/38   or (.5263). Suppose that Caryl always places the same bet when she plays roulette, $5 on 'red'. Caryl might play just once, or might play several times. She has a profit (having won $5 more times than she lost $5) if she wins more than half of the games she plays. a) what is the probability that Caryl has a profit if she plays only one time?   b) suppose Caryl has decided that she is going to play 13 times. to find the probability that has a profit, we can treat this like a binomial. Show the calculator input and result as your calculator to find the probability that she makes a profit when she plays 13 times.

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If you play roulettes and bet on 'red' the probability that you win is 18/38 = .4737. People often repeat this between several times. We can consider each time we play a 'trial' and consider it a success when we win, so p = 18/38 or (.4737) and q = 20/38   or (.5263).

Suppose that Caryl always places the same bet when she plays roulette, $5 on 'red'. Caryl might play just once, or might play several times. She has a profit (having won $5 more times than she lost $5) if she wins more than half of the games she plays.

a) what is the probability that Caryl has a profit if she plays only one time?

 

b) suppose Caryl has decided that she is going to play 13 times. to find the probability that has a profit, we can treat this like a binomial. Show the calculator input and result as your calculator to find the probability that she makes a profit when she plays 13 times.

 

 

 

 

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