SOLUTION: The probability that a patient recovers from a delicate heart operation is 90%. What is the probability that exactly five of the next 7 patients having this operation survive?

Question 1125438: The probability that a patient recovers from a delicate heart operation is 90%. What is the probability that exactly five of the next 7 patients having this operation survive?
Answer by ikleyn(52864) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is   =  = 0.124.

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