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Question 474204: there is an 80% chance that a prospective employer will check the educational background of a job applicant. For 100 randomly selected job applicants, find the probability that exactly 85 have their educational backgrounds checked.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there is an 80% chance that a prospective employer will check the educational background of a job applicant. For 100 randomly selected job applicants, find the probability that exactly 85 have their educational backgrounds checked.
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Binomial Problem with n= 100 and p = 0.8
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P(x=85) = 100C85(0.8)^85*0.2^15 = 0.0481
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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