1. According to an article in the American Heart Association's publication Circulation , 24% of patients who had been hospitalized for an acute

1.     According to an article in the American Heart Association's publication Circulation, 24% of patients who had been hospitalized for an acute myocardial infarction, did not fill their cardiac medication by the seventh day of being discharged. Suppose there are 12 people who have been hospitalized for an acute myocardial infarction.

a)     State the random variable, X

b)    Argue that this a binomial experiment