Marketing and Consumer Behavior
Twinkies are an American tradition, sold for over 83 years, originating in a Chicago bakery, and forever linked to legal lingo. (You may have read about the "Twinkie defense," associated with a 1979 murder trial in San Francisco.) Approximately 12% of households in the United States buy Twinkies.7 Suppose four households are selected at random and let Y be the total number of households that buy Twinkies.
a. Construct the probability distribution for Y. Write a Solution Trail for this problem.
b. What is the probability that at least one household buys Twinkies?
c. Suppose at least two households buy Twinkies. What is the probability that all four households buy Twinkies?