It was found that 90% of cucumber seeds sown in the soil germinate. Determine the most likely
number of germinated grains if there are 70 grains in the package.
By the binomial distribution, the probability that k seeds germinate is
The expected value of the number of seeds to germinate is .
So, we need to compute the binomial distribution probability values for k=62, k=63 and k=64 to find the maximum.
For
For
For
As we can see, is the most probable.
So, the most likely number of germinated grains if there are 70 grains in the package is 63.
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