SOLUTION: 51.2% of the voters in a large city support the building of a new recycling center. If four voters from this city are chosen at random, what would be the probability that all four

Question 852616: 51.2% of the voters in a large city support the building of a new recycling center. If four voters from this city are chosen at random, what would be the probability that all four voters chosen would oppose the building of the new recycling center?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
51.2% of the voters in a large city support the building of a new recycling center. If four voters from this city are chosen at random, what would be the probability that all four voters chosen would oppose the building of the new recycling center?
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Binomial Problem with n = 4 ; p(support) = 0.512 ; p(not) = 0.488
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P(4 oppose) = 0.488^4 = 0.0567
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Stan H.
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