From the Calculator page: First, press the MENU key, #5 Probability and choose option #2 Permutations. In the parenthesis, enter the numerical permutation.
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Command Summary
Calculates the binomial cumulative probability, either at a single value or for all values
Command Syntax
for a single value:
binomcdf(trials, probability, [lower_bound,] upper_bound)
for a list of all values (0 to trials)
binomcdf(trials, probability)
Menu Location
From inside a document:
Press Menu, then scroll to probability. Press the right arrow, then scroll to Distributions. Press the right arrow, then scroll to Binomial Cdf (B)
This command is used to calculate the binomial cumulative probability function. In plainer language, it solves a specific type of often-encountered probability problem, that occurs under the following conditions:
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For example, consider a couple that intends to have 4 children. What is the probability that at most 2 are girls?
The syntax here is binomcdf(trials, probability, value). In this case:
This will give .6875 when you run it, so there's a .6875 probability out of 4 children, at most 2 will be girls.
If you wanted the probability that at least 1 and at most 2 will be girls, the syntax would be:
Another alternate syntax for binomcdf( leaves off the last argument, value. This tells the calculator to compute a list of the results for all values. For example:
This will come to {.0625 .3125 .6875 .9375 1} when you run it. These are all the probabilities we get when you replace 'at most 2 girls' with 'at most 0', 'at most 1', etc. Here, .0625 is the probability of 'at most 0' girls (or just 0 girls), .3125 is the probability of at most 1 girl (1 or 0 girls), etc.
Several other probability problems actually are the same as this one. For example, 'less than N' girls, just means 'at most N-1' girls. 'At least N' girls means 'at most (total-N)' boys (here we switch our definition of what a success is). 'No more than', of course, means the same as 'at most'.
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