SOLUTION: Forty-five percent of the students applying to a university are accepted. What is the probability that among the next 18 applicants at least 6 will be accepted?

Question 1072241: Forty-five percent of the students applying to a university are accepted. What is the probability that among the next 18 applicants at least 6 will be accepted?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Forty-five percent of the students applying to a university are accepted. What is the probability that among the next 18 applicants at least 6 will be accepted?
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Binomial problem with n = 18 and p = 0.45
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P(6<= x <= 18) = 1 - binomcdf(6,0.45,5) = 0.0083
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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