document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1193397>Question 1193397</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fifty percent of midsize manufacturers planned to have management representative visit Canada and Mexico to take advantage of opportunities created by the North American Free Trade Agreements. An export-import group in Toronto , Canada , has invited 20 US midsize manufacturers to participate in the conference to explore trade opportunities. What is the probability that 12 or more of these manufacturers will send representatives? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Fifty percent of midsize manufacturers planned to have management representative visit Canada and Mexico <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to take advantage of opportunities created by the North American Free Trade Agreements. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "An export-import group in Toronto , Canada , has invited 20 US midsize manufacturers to participate <BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the conference to explore trade opportunities. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the probability that 12 or more of these manufacturers will send representatives?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a binomial distribution probability problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of trials is n=20; the individual probability of success is 0.5;\r\n" );
document.write( "the number of success is k>=12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The  <U>ANSWER</U>  is  P(n=20; k>=12; p=0.5) = 0.2517   (rounded).    \r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to see many similar &nbsp;(or different) &nbsp;solved problems, &nbsp;look into the lessons\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Probability-and-statistics/Solving-problems-on-Binomial-distribution-manually.lesson>Simple and simplest probability problems on Binomial distribution</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After reading these lessons, &nbsp;you will be able to solve such problems on your own. \r<BR>\n" );
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