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A box contains 20 calculators, and two of them are defective. Three calculators are randomly selected from this box and inspected to determine whether each of them is good or defective. Is this experiment a binomial experiment? Why or why not? Explain your REASONING and provide EVIDENCE

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User Giraff
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Answer:It is a binomial experiment

Explanation:

A binomial experiment is an experiment that has a fixed number of independent trials with only have two possible outcomes. This outcome could either be a yes or No.

example is when a coin is toss one can set it as either I will get a head or a tail.

The experiment is binomial because it has a fixed number of trial which is 3 calculator that has been picked,

It has two outcome which is either good or bad calculator and the each trial is independent of each other.

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