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Probability 8 – Bernoulli Trials

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You’ll learn

  • State the four conditions that make an experiment a Bernoulli trial
  • Find P(R successes in n trials) with the formula (n R)·pᴿ·qⁿ⁻ᴿ
  • Solve 'kth success on the nth trial' by fixing the last trial as a success (× p)
  • Handle 'at least k' and 'at most k' with the complement rule or direct sums

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