The band name of a certain chain of coffee shops has a 59% recognition rate in the town of Coffelton. An executive from the company wants to verify the recognition rate as the company is interested in opening a coffee shop in town. He selects a random sample of 10 Coffelton residents. Find the probability that the number that reognizes the brand is between 4 and 5 inclusive.
Solution
Here $X$ denote the number that recognizes the brand out of 10 selected Coffelton residents.
$p$ be the recognition rate in the town of Coffelton.
Given that $p=0.59$ and $n =10$. Thus $X\sim B(10, 0.59)$.
The probability mass function of $X$ is
$$ \begin{aligned} P(X=x) &= \binom{10}{x} (0.59)^x (1-0.59)^{10-x},\\ &\quad x=0,1,\cdots, 10. \end{aligned} $$
The probability that the number that reognizes the brand is between 4 and 5 inclusive is
$$ \begin{aligned} P(4 \leq X\leq 5) & =P(X=4) + P(X=5)\\ &= \binom{10}{4}(0.59)^{4}(1-0.59)^{10-4}+\binom{10}{5}(0.59)^{5}(1-0.59)^{10-5}\\ &=0.1209+0.2087\\ & = 0.3296 \end{aligned} $$
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