Consider the following two variables, X and Y. Determine whether or not each variable is Binomial. If the variable is Binomial, give the parameters n and p. If the variable is not Binomial, explain why (i.e., what requirements does it fail?).

q1 It is known that 6.6% of USA citizens have type O-negative blood. A random sample of 20 US citizens is taken, and the variable X represents the number of people in the sample who have type O-negative blood.

q2 On July 27th, a weather system checks once every 15 minutes whether or not it is currently raining, and will return either "Raining" or "Not Raining". Let X count the total number of times in the day that the system returns "Not Raining"

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Solution 1 Binomial Because a... View the full answer