SOLUTION: According to a local survey 80% of Americans own a car. If you randomly select 3 Americans (a) What is the probability that all of them own a car? P(All own a car)

Question 1049532: According to a local survey 80% of Americans own a car. If you randomly select 3 Americans

(a) What is the probability that all of them own a car?

P(All own a car) =

(b) What is the probability that none of them own a car?

P(None own a car) =

(b) What is the probability that at least one them owns a car?

P(At least one owns a car) =
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Randomly selecting 3 Americans will give you the following probabilities:
a) All 3 own a car: .8 x .8 x .8=.512
b) None own a car: .2 x .2 x .2= .008
c) At least one owns a car: 1-.008=.992 . ☺☺☺☺
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