NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Democracy" - No Desk Left Behind
Original PDFStep 1 / 6: Defining the Problem
A school principal is purchasing new classroom furniture. Each classroom will have student desks. There are two types of desks available: standard right-handed desks and universal desks (which accommodate both left- and right-handed students).
Because universal desks cost four times as much as right-handed desks, the principal wants to minimize budget waste. She assumes that, on average, of the student population is left-handed. If we model this situation, the number of left-handed students in a class of can be treated as a binomial random variable .
Classroom Left-Handedness Simulator
Simulation Results (0 classrooms)
Expected Left-Handed Students per Class: 3.00
Simulated Average: 0.00
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Number of Left-Handed Students