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Question 630473: I am looking for help regarding this problem please.
A mail order company has an 8% success rate. If it mails advertisements to 600 people, find the probability of getting less than 40 sales.

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A mail order company has an 8% success rate. If it mails advertisements to 600 people, find the probability of getting less than 40 sales.
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Binomial Problem with n = 600 and p(success) = 0.08
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P(0<= x <40) = binomcdf(600,0.08,39) = 0.0977
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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