SOLUTION: The Hiking Club plans to go camping in a State Park where the probability of rain on any given day is 16%. What is the probability that it will rain on exactly one of the three day

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Question 1156340: The Hiking Club plans to go camping in a State Park where the probability of rain on any given day is 16%. What is the probability that it will rain on exactly one of the three days they are there? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
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P = C%5B3%5D%5E1%2A0.16%5E1%2A%281-0.16%29%5E2 = 3%2A0.16%5E1%2A0.84%5E2 = 0.3386 = 0.339 (rounded).     ANSWER


It is the binomial type probability distribution.


The number of trial n= 3; the probability of the success trial is  0.16,  and the number of success trial k = 1.