SOLUTION: Each child of a particular set of parents has probability 0.25 of having type O blood. Suppose the parents have 5 children. Find the probability that exactly 3 of the children have

Question 1198045: Each child of a particular set of parents has probability 0.25 of having type O blood. Suppose the parents have 5 children. Find the probability that exactly 3 of the children have type O blood.
a) 0.008789
b) 0.015625
c) 0.8789
d) 0.08789
e) none of these
Answer by ikleyn(52804) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This problem is on Binomial distribution with the number of trials n= 5;
the number of success trials k= 3 and the probability of success at each 
individual trial of p= 0.25.


Go to the link https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx

find free of charge calculator there and find  P(n=5; k=3, p=0.25) = 0.08789.


So, option (d) from the list is your answer.

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