SOLUTION: A poll is given, showing 65% are in favor of a new building project. If 9 people are chosen at random, what is the probability that exactly 5 of them favor the new building proj

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Question 1100791: A poll is given, showing 65% are in favor of a new building project.
If 9 people are chosen at random, what is the probability that exactly 5 of them favor the new building project?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is 9C5*0.65^5*0.35)^4
binomial is nCp*p^x*(1-p)^(n-x)
=0.2194.