Question: Can for a binomial distribution the mean and the variance be 3 and respectively? I have attached picture of answer to this questions. Mean n

Can for a binomial distribution the mean and the variance be 3 and respectively?
I have attached picture of answer to this questions.
Mean np=3, variance np(1-p)=5. Now,
np(1-p)np=53
or 1-p=53
or q=1-53=-230, which is not possible.
 Can for a binomial distribution the mean and the variance be

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