document.write( "Question 1163413: A farmer bought 3 seeds and the probability of them germinating is 3 out of 4. If he planted all the 3 seeds, what is the probability of only one germinating? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "It is the binomial type probability distribution problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of trial n= 3; the probability of the success trial is  ,  and the number of success trial k = 1. \r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  =  = 0.140625  ~= 14.1% (rounded).     ANSWER\r\n" );
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