document.write( "Question 596216: Sixty percent of a particular model of car are silver. What is the probability that in the next 10 observations of this model you observe 5 silver cars? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
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P(X = k) = (n ncr k)*(p)^(k)*(1-p)^(n-k) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(X = 5) = (10 ncr 5)*(0.6)^(5)*(1-0.6)^(10-5) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(X = 5) = (10 ncr 5)*(0.6)^(5)*(1-0.6)^(10-5) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(X = 5) = (10 ncr 5)*(0.6)^(5)*(0.4)^(10-5) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(X = 5) = (252)*(0.6)^(5)*(0.4)^5 \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: the probability that in the next 10 observations of this model you observe 5 silver cars is approximately 0.2006581248 \n" ); document.write( "
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