Binomial & Geometric Distributions

The American Red Cross says that about 11% of the U.S. population has Type B blood. A blood drive is being held at your school. How many blood donors should the American Red Cross expect to collect from until it gets a donor with Type B blood? 

• 9.1 donors
• 8.5 donors
• 10.3 donors
• Cannot be determined.

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The American Red Cross says that about 11% of the U.S. population has Type B blood. A blood drive is being held at your school. What is the probability that the tenth blood donor is the first donor with Type B blood?

• approximately 0.00
• 0.316
• 0.0385 
• 0.279

The American Red Cross says that about 11% of the U.S. population has Type B blood. A blood drive is being held at your school.What is the probability that exactly 2 of the first 20 blood donors have Type B blood? 

• 0.316
• 0.282
• 0.001
• Not here

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CCSS.HSS.MD.A.3

The American Red Cross says that about 11% of the U.S. population has Type B blood. A blood drive is being held at your school. What is the probability that at least 2 of the first 10 blood donors has Type B blood? 

• 0.088
• 0.697
• 0.214
• 0.303 

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.3

If we want to calculate the probability of rolling a 6 for the first time on the 6^th roll of a die, would we use the geometric or the binomial distribution?

• geometric

• binomial

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

If you want to know how many trials you will need before your first success, use the ????? model.

• Geometric

• Binomial

• Normal

• Calculator

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

If you want a certain number of successes in a set amount of trials, use the ????? model.

• geometric

• binomial

• normal

• calculato

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The owner of a pet store is trying to decide whether to discontinue selling specialty clothes for pets. She suspects that only 4% of the customers buy specialty clothes for their pets. What is the probability that she does NOT sell a garment until the 7th customer? Assume each customer is independent.

• 0.033
• 0.027
• 0.0313
• Not here

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

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32 percent of beach goers end up with some form of sunburn on any given day. Find the mean of a survey of 75 beach goers.

• 25

• 24

• 2600

• I don't go to the beach

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A September 2011 Gallup survey suggests that 38% of Americans are planning on voting for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Among a random sample of 100 people, approximately how many would you expect to vote for Obama? 

• 38 people
• 42 people
• 6 people
• Cannot be determined

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