document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1037757>Question 1037757</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 	If the chance of an overnight freeze in Rexburg on any given night is 0.55, what is the probability that it will freeze one or more of the next 8 nights in Rexburg? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Binomial problem with n = 8 ; p(freeze) = 0.55 ; p(not freeze) = 0.45<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(1<= freeze <=8) = 1 - P(freeze = 0) = 1 - 0.45^8 = 0.9983<BR>\n" );
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