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document.write( "Assuming the selections are independent,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(success) = 1/1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(failure) = 999/1000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your Problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Binomial with n=10, p = 1/1000, x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(success in 10 tries) = 1 - P(no success in 10 tries)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(no success in 10 tries) = (999/1000)^10 = 0.9900<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(at least one success in 10 tries) = 1-0.99 = 0.01<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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