document.write( "Question 1142268: Please help me with this question.
\n" ); document.write( "The Australian sheep dog is a breed renowned for its intelligence and work ethic. It is estimated that 40% of adult Australian sheep dogs weigh 65 pounds or more. A sample of 10 adult dogs is studied. What is the probability that more than 7 of them weigh 65 lb or more?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #762966 by ikleyn(52832) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "If you take p= 0.4, q= 0.6,  then the solution is as follows.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Probability(more than 7 of them weight 65 pounds or more) = P(8) + P(9) + P(10).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Further,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P(8) =  =  = 0.010617;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P(9) =  =        = 0.001573;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P(10) =            =        = 0.00105.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I leave it to you to add these numbers and to get the numerical value of the answer.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In your post, you didn't explain what the \"x\" is, so I do not touch this issue.\r
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