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Is It A Binomial Experiment ?

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cilineelzein02 | 17:22 Mon 16th Aug 2021 | Science
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There is an example :
A box contains 20 cell phones, and two of them are
defective. Three cell phones are randomly selected from this
box and inspected to determine whether each of them is good
or defective. Is this experiment a binomial experiment?

if I know that:
A binomial experiment must satisfy the following four
conditions:
1. There are n identical trials.
2. Each trail has only two possible outcomes.
3. The probabilities of the two outcomes remain constant.
4. The trials are independent.

My question is :
1- what do the last two points ( conditions ) mean ?
2- why we consider the example above not to be a binomial experiment ?
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My uneducated guess is no because if for example the first one is directive then it means the provision of the next being defective is longer the same (3 out of 20)
Sorry misread it it. No longer 2/20.
It would only be a binomial experiment if, for some unaccountable reason, the first phone to be examined was replaced in the box before a second selection was made (and likewise with the second phone). Under those circumstances P(D), where D is a defective phone being found, would remain constant at 3/20.

However (although it's not explicitly stated), the assumption here must be that a phone isn't returned to the box after inspection. If so, then when the second phone is taken, P(D) will be either 3/19 or 2/19, depending upon the condition of the first phone. i.e. the probabilities P(D) and P(D') don't remain constant because each trial is dependent on the outcome of any preceding trial(s).
Oops! Just like Bob, I managed to misread your question.

Therefore the probabilities quoted in my post above should actually be 2/20, 2/19 and 1/19 respectively.

Sorry about that!

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