SOLUTION: Assume that when adults with smartphones are randomly​ selected, 62​% use them in meetings or classes. If 5 adult smartphone users are randomly​ selected, find the probabilit

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Question 1152715: Assume that when adults with smartphones are randomly​ selected, 62​% use them in meetings or classes. If 5 adult smartphone users are randomly​ selected, find the probability that exactly 3 of them use their smartphones in meetings or classes.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

p = probability of success
p = probability individual uses smartphone in meetings or classes
p = 0.62
n = sample size
n = 5

This is a binomial problem as there are two outcomes (either the person uses the phone in meetings/classes or they don't) and each event is independent.

Binomial PDF formula


Plug in n = 5 and p = 0.62




Now plug in x = 3 to find the binomial probability that exactly 3 adults use their phones in meetings or classes.










The answer is 0.344145632
Round this however your teacher instructs.

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