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Determine whether each experiment is a binomial experiment.
Answer to Problem 9PPS
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Determine whether each experiment is a binomial experiment or can be reduced to a binomial experiment.
A ball is hidden under one of the hats shown below. A hat is choosen, one at a time, until the ball is found.
Calculation:
Consider that a ball is hidden in one of the sets of
Consider an experiment:
A person chooses one hat at a time, until the ball is found.
A binomial experiment is an experiment with
Since the probability of getting a ball is changed in each trial that a person performs, the trials are not independent.
Hence, the experiment of a person choosing one hat at a time, until the ball is found is
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