Answer :
Answer:
The probability that none of the households are tuned to 50 Minutes is 0.04398.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given that the television show 50 Minutes has been successful for many years. That show recently had a share of 20, meaning that among the TV sets in use, 20% were tuned to 50 Minutes.
A pilot survey begins with 14 households have TV sets in use at the time of a 50 Minutes broadcast.
The above situation can be represented through binomial distribution;
[tex]P(X = r)= \binom{n}{r} \times p^{r} \times (1-p)^{n-r} ;x = 0,1,2,3,.........[/tex]
where, n = number of samples (trials) taken = 14 households
r = number of success = none of the households are tuned to 50 min
p = probability of success which in our question is probability that households were tuned to 50 Minutes, i.e. p = 20%
Let X = Number of households that are tuned to 50 Minutes
So, X ~ Binom(n = 14, p = 0.20)
Now, the probability that none of the households are tuned to 50 Minutes is given by = P(X = 0)
P(X = 0) = [tex]\binom{14}{0} \times 0.20^{0} \times (1-0.20)^{14-0}[/tex]
= [tex]1 \times 1 \times 0.80^{14}[/tex]
= 0.04398