SOLUTION: a broken thumb surgery has a 92% chance of success. The surgery is preformed on 3 patients. Find the probability of the surgery being successful on exactly 2 patients. Use the bino

Question 1023895: a broken thumb surgery has a 92% chance of success. The surgery is preformed on 3 patients. Find the probability of the surgery being successful on exactly 2 patients. Use the binomial probability formula to calculate (show your work)
Found 2 solutions by fractalier, Fombitz:
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P(2) = (3C2)(P(success))^2 * P(failure)
P(2) = 3(.92)(.92)(.08)
P(2) = 3*.0677 = 20.31%
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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