document.write( "Question 736990: There are 8 cars in a parking lot on a very cold day. Suppose the probability of any of them not starting is 0.13. What is the probability that exactly 2 of the cars will not start?
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document.write( "Here the number of trials is 8; the number of successful trials is 2;\r\n" );
document.write( "the probability of the individual success is p = 0.13.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the standard formula on Binomial distribution\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P(n=8, k=2, p=0.13) =  =  = 0.2052  (rounded).   ANSWER\r\n" );
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