SOLUTION: Suppose that 68% of people are left handed. If 24 people are selected at random, what is the probability that exactly 16 of them are left handed? Round to the nearest thousandth.

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Question 1201681: Suppose that 68% of people are left handed. If 24 people are selected at random, what is the probability that exactly 16 of them are left handed? Round to the nearest thousandth.

Answer by ikleyn(52778) About Me  (Show Source):
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Suppose that 68% of people are left handed. If 24 people are selected at random,
what is the probability that exactly 16 of them are left handed? Round to the nearest thousandth.
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When you sign your name, odds are good that you will do so with your right hand.
Only about 10 percent of people worldwide are left-handed, experts say.


Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-big-number-lefties-make-up-about-10-percent-of-the-world/2019/08/09/69978100-b9e2-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html


I don't like when the posts in the Internet disseminate false information,
as it is in your original post about 68% of people to be left-handed,
with the "reference to experts".