SOLUTION: If the chance of an overnight freeze in Rexburg on any given night is 0.55, what is the probability that it will freeze one or more of the next 8 nights in Rexburg?
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Question 1037757: If the chance of an overnight freeze in Rexburg on any given night is 0.55, what is the probability that it will freeze one or more of the next 8 nights in Rexburg?
(Round to three decimal places.) Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the chance of an overnight freeze in Rexburg on any given night is 0.55, what is the probability that it will freeze one or more of the next 8 nights in Rexburg?
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Binomial problem with n = 8 ; p(freeze) = 0.55 ; p(not freeze) = 0.45
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P(1<= freeze <=8) = 1 - P(freeze = 0) = 1 - 0.45^8 = 0.9983
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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