We'd like to know the likelihood that any 5 people chosen from 20 will be left-handed if the probability of being left-handed is assumed to be 10%. Well, 5 people can be chosen from 20 in (20 C 5) = 15504 ways. So, we have (15504)*(.1^5)*(.9^15) = 3.19%. This is a Binomial probability problem, where we are interested in 'k' successes (k = 5, success --> people being left-handed) in 'n' trials (n = 20).
The probability is approx 0.81
very high, that is only slightly higher than average.
If the probability of a person being left handed is .11, then the probability of a person being right handed is .89 (1.00 - .11). In a class of 40 people, there are 40! (40 factorial) = 40 x 39 x 38 x .... x 3 x 2 x 1 possible Permutations of students. Within this number, there are many that will yield exactly 5 left handed people. 40-P-5 is the number of Permutations of 5 within a class of 40 (sorry, can't use the correct formating here!): = 40! / (40 - 5) ! = 40! / 35! = 40 x 39 x 38 x 37 x 36 Since we don't care about order..... we need to factor out the number of identical permutations. 40-C-5 = 40-P-5 / 5! So.... (40 x 39 x 38 x 37 x 36) / (5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1) = 658,008 Now, what is the probability of any one such combination? (.89 to the power 35) x (.11 to the power 5) = 0.000000273 So the probability of exactly 5 left handed people in the class is 658,008 x .000000273 = 17.9408137 %
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We'd like to know the likelihood that any 5 people chosen from 20 will be left-handed if the probability of being left-handed is assumed to be 10%. Well, 5 people can be chosen from 20 in (20 C 5) = 15504 ways. So, we have (15504)*(.1^5)*(.9^15) = 3.19%. This is a Binomial probability problem, where we are interested in 'k' successes (k = 5, success --> people being left-handed) in 'n' trials (n = 20).
The probability is approx 0.81
No, being left handed is not a handicap. Left handed people lead very good lives.
no being left handed dosent affect me in any way,shape,or form
Yes, but you will have to reverse the strings. As I found out, being left handed as well.
Barack Hussein Obama the 2nd is left handed and therefore writes with his left hand. Approximately 10-15% of people are left handed, commonly referred to in the United States as being a southpaw
If you are born left handed, then you are left handed with the ability to use your right. Being able to use both hands is called being ambidextrous. Teaching yourself to be ambidextrous is called penwald.
NO IT IS NOT
The Being Left Handed website offers some details on possible scholarships for left-handed people. They state one such scholarship is for $1,000 at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. http://www.beinglefthanded.com/Left-handed-Scholarships.html
Yes. Ashley tisdale is an awesome left handed, she is just like me! ill put pics on utube of me being a left hand!
I see no reason why the percentage should be different than among the population in general - in other words, it doesn't seem reasonable to assume a correlation between being left-handed and being a criminal - or being left-handed and being put into jail.
I think left cause most people are right handed so being left handed is rare so that's good but which ever hand you write with it doesn't matter. But I'm left handed so.