SOLUTION: A farmer plants 12 saplings. On average, 15% of saplings planted fail to survive their first winter. Find the probability that more than one of his saplings will die in that first

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Question 1058479: A farmer plants 12 saplings. On average, 15% of saplings planted fail to survive their
first winter. Find the probability that more than one of his saplings will die in that first
winter.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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P%28X%29=C%2812%2CX%29%2A%280.15%29%5EX%2A%281-0.15%29%5E%2812-X%29
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Using EXCEL to generate numbers,
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or
P%28X%3E1%29=1-P%280%29-P%281%29
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So,
P%28X%3E1%29=0.55654