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More than 96 percent of the very largest colleges and universities (more than 15,000 total enrollments) have some online offerings. Suppose you randomly pick 13 such institutions. We are interested in the number that offer distance learning courses.

a. In words, define the random variable X.

b. List the values that X may take on.

c. Give the distribution of X. X ~ _____(_____,_____)

d. On average, how many schools would you expect to offer such courses?

e. Find the probability that at most ten offer such courses.

f. Is it more likely that 12 or that 13 will offer such courses? Use numbers to justify your answer numerically and answer in a complete sentence.

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a. X is the number of colleges and universities that offer online offerings.

b. The values that X may take on are 0,1,2,....,13.

c. The distribution is X~B(13,0.96)

d. On an average the number of schools would expect to offer the courses are 12.48

e. The probability that at most ten offer such courses is 0.0135

f. Most likely13will offer such courses.

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Content Introduction

The binomial distribution determines the probability of looking at a specific quantity of a hit results in a specific quantity of trials.

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Part (a) Step 1: Explanation 

We are given,

More than 96%of the very largest colleges and universities have some online offerings and we have randomly picked 13such institutions.

Random variable in simple terms generally refers to variables whose values are unknown, therefore, in this case the random variable X is the number of colleges and universities that offer online offerings.

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Part (b) Step 1: Explanation 

Make the list of values that you want to use X may take on.

As we can see there is an upper bound for the situation at hand, 13then X is given by,

X=0,1,2,....,13.

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Part (c) Step 1: Explanation 

The random variable is distributed by the data provided X will keep the track of online offerings.

According to the given information, 96%colleges and universities have some online offerings.

The probability distribution of binomial distribution has two parameters n=numberoftrialsand p=probabilityofsuccess. The binomial distribution is of the form:

X~B(n,p)

Therefore, according to given information, role="math" localid="1649077939499" n=13is the number of colleges that offer online offerings and p=96100p=0.96

Hence,X~B(13,0.96)

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Part (d) Step 1: Explanation 

The expected binomial distribution is calculated as:

=npwhere, is the average number of schools that would offer such courses, n=13is the number of colleges offer online offering and p=0.96is the probability of success.

=130.96=12.48

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Part (e) Step 1: Explanation 

The probability that at most ten offer such courses is =13C10(0.96)10(0.04)3=0.0135

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Part (f) Step 1: Explanation 

Using TI-83calculator we have found out that the probability of 12offering such course and the probability 13of offering such courses are as follow:

P(X=12)=0.3186P(X=13)=0.5882

Therefore, we can conclude from here that we are more likely to get13.

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