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document.write( "What's throwing me off is how the decimal has 3 places. I know the formula is (C n,r) x (p)^r x (q)^n-r\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So my n=7, what am I suppose to do for p and q? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " What's throwing me off is how the decimal has 3 places. I know the formula is (C n,r) x (p)^r x (q)^n-r<BR>\n" );
document.write( " So my n=7, what am I suppose to do for p and q? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p = 0.395<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q = 0.605<BR>\n" );
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