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The probability that a randomly selected box of a certain type of cereal has a particular prize is \({\rm{.2}}\) . Suppose you purchase box after box until you have obtained two of these prizes.

a. What is the probability that you purchase \({\rm{x}}\) boxes that do not have the desired prize?

b. What is the probability that you purchase four boxes?

c. What is the probability that you purchase at most four boxes?

d. How many boxes without the desired prize do you expect to purchase? How many boxes do you expect to purchase?

Short Answer

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(a) Negative binominal distribution is \({\rm{r = 2}}\) and \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

\({\rm{nb(x;2,0}}{\rm{.2)}}\)

(b) \({\rm{P(X = 2) = 0}}{\rm{.0768 = 7}}{\rm{.68\% }}\)

(c) P(X拢2) = 0.1808 = 18.08%

(d) Prize for boxes without desires: \({\rm{8}}\)

\({\rm{10}}\) boxes to be purchased

Step by step solution

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Definition of probability

The proportion of the total number of conceivable outcomes to the number of options in an exhaustive collection of equally likely outcomes that cause a given occurrence.

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Determining the probability that you purchase \({\rm{x}}\) boxes that do not have the desired prize

Given: \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

Let \({\rm{X}}\)be the number of failures that must occur before the \({\rm{r = 2}}\) success (a success is obtaining a prize).

The negative binomial distribution is a probability distribution for a variable that quantifies the number of failures required to achieve the \({\rm{r}}\)success (with independent trials and a constant probability of success), therefore \({\rm{X}}\) has a negative binomial distribution with \({\rm{r = 2}}\)and \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

X~nb(x;2,0.2)

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Determining the probability that you purchase four boxes

Given: \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

Let \({\rm{X}}\)be the number of failures that must occur before the \({\rm{r = 2}}\) success (a success is obtaining a prize).

The negative binomial distribution is a probability distribution for a variable that quantifies the number of failures required to achieve the \({\rm{r}}\)success (with independent trials and a constant probability of success), therefore \({\rm{X}}\) has a negative binomial distribution with \({\rm{r = 2}}\)and \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

\({\rm{X\sim nb(x;2,0}}{\rm{.2)}}\)

Negative binomial probability formula:

\({\rm{nb(x;r,p) = }}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{x + r - 1}}}\\{{\rm{r - 1}}}\end{array}} \right){{\rm{p}}^{\rm{r}}}{{\rm{(1 - p)}}^{\rm{x}}}\)

If we had two successes in four boxes, we also had two failures. Calculate the negative binomial probability formula at \({\rm{x = 2}}\)

\({\rm{P(X = 2) = nb(2;2,0}}{\rm{.2) = }}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{2 + 2 - 1}}}\\{{\rm{2 - 1}}}\end{array}} \right){\rm{0}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(1 - 0}}{\rm{.2)}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = 30}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(0}}{\rm{.8)}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.0768 = 7}}{\rm{.68\% }}\)

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Determining the probability that you purchase at most four boxes 

Given: \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

Let \({\rm{X}}\)be the number of failures that must occur before the \({\rm{r = 2}}\) success (a success is obtaining a prize).

The negative binomial distribution is a probability distribution for a variable that quantifies the number of failures required to achieve the \({\rm{r}}\)success (with independent trials and a constant probability of success), therefore \({\rm{X}}\) has a negative binomial distribution with \({\rm{r = 2}}\)and \({\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.2}}\)

X~nb(x;2,0.2)

Negative binomial probability formula:

\({\rm{nb(x;r,p) = }}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{x + r - 1}}}\\{{\rm{r - 1}}}\end{array}} \right){{\rm{p}}^{\rm{r}}}{{\rm{(1 - p)}}^{\rm{x}}}\)

If we had two successes in four boxes, we also had two failures. Calculate the negative binomial probability formula at \({\rm{x = 2}}\):

\({\rm{P(X = 2) = nb(2;2,0}}{\rm{.2) = }}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{2 + 2 - 1}}}\\{{\rm{2 - 1}}}\end{array}} \right){\rm{0}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(1 - 0}}{\rm{.2)}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = 30}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(0}}{\rm{.8)}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.0768}}\)

If we had two successes in three boxes, we also had one failure. Calculate the negative binomial probability formula at \({\rm{x = 1}}\):

\({\rm{P(X = 1) = nb(1;2,0}}{\rm{.2) = }}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{2 + 1 - 1}}}\\{{\rm{2 - 1}}}\end{array}} \right){\rm{0}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(1 - 0}}{\rm{.2)}}^{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ = 20}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(0}}{\rm{.8)}}^{\rm{1}}}{\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.064}}\)

If we had two successes in two boxes, we had no failures. Calculate the negative binomial probability formula at \({\rm{x = 0}}\)

\({\rm{P(X = 0) = nb(0;2,0}}{\rm{.2) = }}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{2 + 0 - 1}}}\\{{\rm{2 - 1}}}\end{array}} \right){\rm{0}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(1 - 0}}{\rm{.2)}}^{\rm{0}}}{\rm{ = 10}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{2}}^{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{(0}}{\rm{.8)}}^{\rm{0}}}{\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.04}}\)

Note that requiring fewer than two boxes is impossible because having fewer than two boxes means having fewer than two successes.

For discontinuous or mutually exclusive occurrences, use the following addition rule:

\({\rm{P(A\;or\;B) = P(A) + P(B)}}\)

Compile the following probabilities:

{P(X拢 2) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) = \({\text{0}}{\text{.0768 + 0}}{\text{.064 + 0}}{\text{.04 = 0}}{\text{.1808 = 18}}{\text{.08\% }}\)

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Determining How many boxes without the desired prize do you expect to purchase and how many boxes do you expect to purchase 

The following formula calculates the mean (or anticipated value) of negative binomial variables:

\({\rm{\mu = }}\frac{{{\rm{r(1 - p)}}}}{{\rm{p}}}\)

Fill in the blanks and calculate:

\({\rm{\mu = }}\frac{{{\rm{2(1 - 0}}{\rm{.2)}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.2}}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{2(0}}{\rm{.8)}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.2}}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{1}}{\rm{.6}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.2}}}}{\rm{ = 8}}\)

As a result, we expect to buy 8 boxes without knowing the price (failure) till we have the two quotes (success). We estimated that we would need to buy \({\rm{8 + 2 = 10}}\)cartons in total.

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