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The maximum value of variance in binomial distribution with parameters n and p is_____.

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Variance =npq where q = 1 -p, and `0ltplt1` Now variance is maxium when `p=q=1/2` Thus maximum value of variance `=n/4` Let the number of trails =n and P(succes)=P.
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