
Give a reason why a binomial distribution would not be a suitable model for the distribution of in the following situation,
is the height of the tallest person selected when three people are randomly chosen from a group of .

Important Questions on The Binomial and Geometric Distributions
Give a reason why a binomial distribution would not be a suitable model for the distribution of in the following situation,
is the number of girls selected when two children are chosen at random from a group containing one girl and three boys.

Give a reason why a binomial distribution would not be a suitable model for the distribution of in the following situation,
is the number of motorbikes selected when four vehicles are randomly picked from a car park containing cars, buses and nine bicycles.

The variable , and its standard deviation is one-third of its mean. Calculate the non-zero value of and find .

The random variable , and is times the standard deviation of . Calculate the value of and find the value of , given that .

It is estimated that of the matches produced at a factory are damaged in some way. A household box contains matches. Calculate the expected number of damaged matches in a household box.

It is estimated that of the matches produced at a factory are damaged in some way. A household box contains matches. Find the variance of the number of damaged matches and the variance of the number of undamaged matches in a household box.[Write your answer correcting to three decimal places]

It is estimated that of the matches produced at a factory are damaged in some way. A household box contains matches. Show that approximately of the household boxes are expected to contain exactly eight damaged matches.

It is estimated that of the matches produced at a factory are damaged in some way. A household box contains matches. Calculate the probability that at least one from a sample of two household boxes contains exactly eight damaged matches. [Write your answer correcting to three decimal places]
