SOLUTION: Forty percent of job applicants are rejected. In a random sample of 12 applicants: what is the probability that at most 2 are rejected?

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Question 884602: Forty percent of job applicants are rejected. In a random sample of 12 applicants: what is the probability that at most 2 are rejected?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By formula:

P(none are rejected) + P(1 is rejected) + P(2 are rejected) =



Or by calculator:

binomcdf(.12,.4,2)

.0834433229

Edwin
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