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I need help with binomial probability applied to rolling dice

on numbers 19 & 20 that my professor assigned for me to do

(Show your work, if necessary)

I need help with binomial probability applied to rolling dice on numbers 19 amp; 20 that my professor assigned for me to do (Show your work, if necessary) class=

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Rolling a 4 occurs with \(\dfrac16\) probability. You're rolling the die three times, so the experiment involves a binomial distribution with \(p=\dfrac16\) and \(n=3\), which has a probability mass function

\(\mathbb P(X=x)=\begin{cases}\dbinom3x\left(\dfrac16\right)^x\left(\dfrac56\right)^{3-x}&\text{for }x\in\{0,1,2,3\}\\\\0&\text{otherwise}\end{cases}\)

where \(\dbinom nx=\dfrac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}\).

19.

\(\mathbb P(X=0)=\dbinom30\left(\dfrac16\right)^0\left(\dfrac56\right)^{3-0}=1\times1\times\left(\dfrac56\right)^3=\dfrac{125}{216}\approx0.58\)

20.

\(\mathbb P(X=1)=\dbinom31\left(\dfrac16\right)^1\left(\dfrac56\right)^{3-1}=3\times\dfrac16\times\left(\dfrac56\right)^2=\dfrac{25}{72}\approx0.35\)