One Can Look at Picking a Winner or Not Picking

question 11

True/False

One can look at picking a winner or not picking a winner in a series of races at the track as fitting the requirements of the binomial distribution (assuming that each horse has an equal chance of winning a particular race and there are the same number of horses in each race).

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Definitions:

Precognition

The purported psychic ability to see events in the future before they happen, outside the boundaries of known physical mechanisms.

Sensatory Receptors

Specialized cells or nerve endings that respond to changes in the environment by generating electrical signals.

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensory receptors become less sensitive over time when they are exposed to constant stimuli.

Wavelengths

The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.