You are eating a plateful of fried Shishito peppers. Most Shishito peppers are not very spicy, but about 1 in 10 are very spicy (for this question, assume it is exactly 1 in 10). You have a plate of 15 Shishito peppers.  Let X be the number of very spicy Shishito peppers on your plate.   What is the distribution of X?   Write the pmf f(x) and describe its parameters.   What key assumptions about the peppers are needed to determine this distribution?

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You are eating a plateful of fried Shishito peppers. Most Shishito peppers are not very spicy, but about 1 in 10 are very spicy (for this question, assume it is exactly 1 in 10). You have a plate of 15 Shishito peppers. 

Let X be the number of very spicy Shishito peppers on your plate.

  1.   What is the distribution of X?

  2.   Write the pmf f(x) and describe its parameters.

  3.   What key assumptions about the peppers are needed to determine this distribution?

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