Question
The mean of a binomial distribution is 10 and its standard deviation is 2; write the value of q.

Answer

Mean of the binomial distribution, i.e. $\text{np}=10$
Variance = (Standard deviation)2, i.e. $\text{npq}=4$
$\therefore\text{q}=\frac{\text{Variance}}{\text{Mean}}=0.4$

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