Mr Taylor filled out a bracket for the NCAA National Tournament. Based on his kn

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Mr Taylor filled out a bracket for the NCAA National Tournament. Based on his knowledge of college basketball, he has a 0.61 probability of guessing any one game correctly. a)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick all 32 of the first round games correctly? b)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick exactly 7 games correctly in the first round? c)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick exactly 16 games incorrectly in the first round? Mr Taylor filled out a bracket for the NCAA National Tournament. Based on his knowledge of college basketball, he has a 0.61 probability of guessing any one game correctly. a)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick all 32 of the first round games correctly? b)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick exactly 7 games correctly in the first round? c)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick exactly 16 games incorrectly in the first round? a)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick all 32 of the first round games correctly? b)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick exactly 7 games correctly in the first round? c)What is the probability Mr Taylor will pick exactly 16 games incorrectly in the first round?

Explanation / Answer

As per binomial distribution,
P(X=r) = nCr * p^r * (1-p)^(n-r)

here p = 0.61 and n = 32

a)
P(X = 32) = 0.61^32 = 0.00000014

b)
P(X=7) = 32C7 * 0.61^7 * (1-0.61)^(32-7)
P(X = 7) = 0.0000063

c)
P(X=16) = 32C16 * 0.61^16 * (1-0.61)^(32-16)
P(X = 16) = 0.0632767

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