document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1078583>Question 1078583</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve the following problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A survey indicates that 52% of men in Namibia consider reading as their favourite leisure-time activity. You randomly select five men and ask them if reading is their favourite leisure-time activity. Find the probability that more than three of them will say yes.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "select 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".52^4*.48^1*5 ways to have this happen=0.1755.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".52^5=0.0380<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total is 0.2135<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check with probability 4 or 5 heads in 5 throws.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is 5/32+1/32=3/16=0.188.  This is consistent. </SPAN>\n" );
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