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: In a survey, 63% of Americans said they own an answering machine. If 14 americans are selected at random, find the probablity that excatly 9 own an answering machine. This question is from textbook Statistics

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In a survey, 63% of Americans said they own an answering machine. If 14 americans are selected at random, find the probablity that excatly 9 own an answering machine.
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P(x = 9) 14C9*(0.63)^9(0.37)^5 = 0.217..
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Stan H.