SOLUTION: a broken thumb surgery has a 92% chance of success. The surgery is preformed on 3 patients. Find the probability of the surgery being successful on exactly 2 patients. Use the bino

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Question 1023895: a broken thumb surgery has a 92% chance of success. The surgery is preformed on 3 patients. Find the probability of the surgery being successful on exactly 2 patients. Use the binomial probability formula to calculate (show your work)
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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(2) = (3C2)(P(success))^2 * P(failure)
P(2) = 3(.92)(.92)(.08)
P(2) = 3*.0677 = 20.31%

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):