A poll of 200 college students asks whether or not you are


Should you use the binomial distribution? In each of the following situations, is it reasonable to use a binomial distribution for the random variable X? Give reasons for your answer in each case. If a binomial distribution applies, give the values of n and p.

(a) A poll of 200 college students asks whether or not you are usually irritable in the morning. X is the number who reply that they are usually irritable in the morning.

(b) You toss a fair coin until a head appears. X is the count of the number of tosses that you make.

(c) Most calls made at random by sample surveys don't succeed in actually talking with a person. Of calls to New York City, only one-twelfth succeed. A survey calls 500 randomly selected numbers in New York City. X is the number of times that a person is reached.

(d) You deal 10 cards from a shuffled deck and count the number X of black cards.

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