SOLUTION: there is an 80% chance that a prospective employer will check the educational background of a job applicant. sixty-four job applications are randomly selected. find the probability

Question 968007: there is an 80% chance that a prospective employer will check the educational background of a job applicant. sixty-four job applications are randomly selected. find the probability that at least 50 of the applicants 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. sixty-four job applications are randomly selected. find the probability that at least 50 of the applicants have their educational backgrounds checked
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Binomial Problem with n = 64 and p(checked) = 0.8
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P(50<= x <=64) = 1 - P(0<= x <=49) = 1 - binomcdf(64,0.8,49) = 0,7100
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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