Applications and working with binomial distributions. Introduction to the normal approximation of a binomial distribution.

1. Working With Binomial
Distributions
Let's take apart a typical
problem about alarm
clocks and see how the
pieces fit together.
Puzzle Alarm Clock by evadedave

2. A manufacturer produces 24 yard alarms per week. Six percent of all the
alarms produced are defective. What is the probability of getting two
defective alarms in one week?
The above problem is an example of a binomial probability experiment.
Some properties of a binomial experiment are:
1. There are a set number of trials in this experiment.
• In this case, there are 24 trials