document.write( "Question 1037973: 15% of the U.S. is left handed. You randomly select 10 people and let x represent the number of left handers. How do you find the probability that exactly 8 are left-handed? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Binomial, n=10 trials, probability of 1 success in 1 trial = p=15% = 0.15,\r\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability of r=8 successes\r\n" );
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document.write( "nCx*pr(1-p)n-r\r\n" );
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document.write( "10C8*(0.15)8(1-0.15)10-8\r\n" );
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document.write( "10C8*(0.15)8(0.85)2\r\n" );
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document.write( "8.332598145×10E-6\r\n" );
document.write( "8.332598145×10-6\r\n" );
document.write( "0.000008332598145\r\n" );
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