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To find: The given experiment is a binomial experiment or not and hence find the probability.
Answer to Problem 18SGR
Theexperiment can be reduced to a binomial experiment, and the probability is
Explanation of Solution
The correct answer is given as:
As in a binomial experiment each trial has only two possible outcomes, success or failure.
Since in the given experiments there are two possibilities are arising as either an adult is wearing watch or not.
Therefore, the given experiment can be reduced to a binomial experiment.
The probability of
Here,
Further simplified for the probability as:
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