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document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 8 ; p(success) = 0.85<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(6<= x <=8) = 1-P(x<= 5) = 1 - binomcdf(8,0.85,5) = 0.8948<BR>\n" );
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