document.write( "Question 1181895: Three out of four people think most advertising seeks to persuade people to buy things they don't need or can't afford. The probability that exactly 5 out of 9 randomly selected people will agree with this statement is
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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 trials n= 9; the probability of the success trial is   = 0.75,  and the number of success trials k = 5. \r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  =  = 0.116798 = 0.1168 (rounded) = 11.68%.     ANSWER\r\n" );
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