document.write( "Question 872333: According to a recent report, 0.28 is the probability that an American adult male has high cholesterol requiring treatment. Seven American adult males are randomly selected. Find the probability that exactly 2 of the 7 American adult males have high cholesterol requiring treatment. Would you please show the solution? Thank you!!! \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #526057 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a binomial distribution problem\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(n C k)*(p)^(k)*(1-p)^(n-k) ... n C k is found through the combination formula (n!)/(k!*(n-k)!)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(7 C 2)*(0.28)^(2)*(1-0.28)^(7-2)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "21*(0.28)^(2)*(1-0.28)^(7-2)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "21*(0.28)^(2)*(0.72)^5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "21*0.0784*0.1934917632\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "0.31856483893249\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Final Answer: 0.31856483893249 (this is approximate, round appropriately if needed) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |