What is the median number of infected corn stalks in a given row?
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
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6) What is the median number of infected corn stalks in a given row?

Transcribed Image Text:Below you will find the same corn stalk table with the binomial probabilities of finding a given number
of infected corn stalks in a row of 6. If you ran this experiment again, what is the probability that at
least 2 corn stalks become infected in a given row?
Number of Corn Stalks Infected
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Number of Rows
16
28
37
12
4
2
1
Binomial Probability
0.14
0.32
0.32
0.17
0.05
0.008
0.0005
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Step 1
Given information:
Frequency and probability distribution function of X is shown below:
Number of corn stalks infected | Number of Rows | Binomial Probability |
0 | 16 | 0.14 |
1 | 28 | 0.32 |
2 | 37 | 0.32 |
3 | 12 | 0.17 |
4 | 4 | 0.05 |
5 | 2 | 0.008 |
6 | 1 | 0.0005 |
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