SOLUTION: Suppose 30% of business majors major in accounting. You take a random sample of 3 business majors. What is the chance that exactly one majors in accounting?

Question 1198147: Suppose 30% of business majors major in accounting. You take a random sample of 3 business majors. What is the chance that exactly one majors in accounting?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    P =  =  = 0.441.    ANSWER

Solved.

It is a binomial distribution problem, so I applied a standard formula for the probability in this case.

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