SOLUTION: The probability that a randomly selected teenager studied at least once during a week was only 0.68. What is the probability that less than half of the students in your study group

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Question 1058714: The probability that a randomly selected teenager studied at least once during a week was only 0.68. What is the probability that less than half of the students in your study group of 10 have studied in the last week?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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P%28X%29=C%2810%2CX%29%2A%280.68%29%5EX%2A%281-0.68%29%5E%2810-X%29
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Use EXCEL to generate the P values,
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Less than half would be less than 5 so sum the probabilities from X=0 to X=4.
P=P%280%29%2BP%281%29%2BP%282%29%2BP%283%29%2BP%284%29
P=0.06371