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20% of students who sit for the CPA examination pass it the first time. Find the probability that less than 17% of students in a sample of 500 who will sit for the examination will pass it the first time.
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\n" ); document.write( "Binomial Problem:
\n" ); document.write( "n = 500 ; p = 0.2
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\n" ); document.write( "P(x < 0.17*500) = binomcdf(500,0.2,85) = 0.0504
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