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NEGBINOM.DIST function

Returns the probability of a number of failures before a given number of successes.

Syntax

=NEGBINOM.DIST(number_f, number_s, probability_s, cumulative)

Arguments

ArgumentRequiredDescription
number_fRequiredThe number of failures
number_sRequiredThe number of successes
probability_sRequiredThe probability of success
cumulativeRequiredTRUE for the cumulative distribution, FALSE for the density

How to use NEGBINOM.DIST

NEGBINOM.DIST takes 4 required arguments. Type =NEGBINOM.DIST( in a cell and SheetsBat shows the arguments as you go. Optional arguments are shown in square brackets; leave them out to use their default.

Examples

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=NEGBINOM.DIST(10, 5, 0.25, TRUE)Result 0.313514058
=NEGBINOM.DIST(10, 5, 0.25, FALSE)Result 0.05504866

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