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Question 571925: 5% of workers are absent.what is the probability that 10 of selected workers at rondom, and finding 2 of them are absent?
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5% of workers are absent.what is the probability that 10 of selected workers at random, and finding 2 of them are absent?
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Binomial Problem with n = 10 and p(absent) = 0.05
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P(x = 2) = 10C2*0.05^2*0.95^8 = binompdf(10,0.05,2) = 0.0746
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Stan H.
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