SOLUTION: Nine percent of men and .25% of women cannot distinguish between red and green. This is the type of color blind that causes problems with traffic laws. If 6 men were randomly sele

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Question 309274: Nine percent of men and .25% of women cannot distinguish between red and green. This is the type of color blind that causes problems with traffic laws. If 6 men were randomly selected for a study of traffic signal perceptions, find the probablity that exactly 2 of them cannot distinguish between red and green.
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Nine percent of men and .25% of women cannot distinguish between red and green. This is the type of color blind that causes problems with traffic laws. If 6 men were randomly selected for a study of traffic signal perceptions, find the probablity that exactly 2 of them cannot distinguish between red and green.
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Binomial Problem with n = 6 ; p = 0.09
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P(x = 2) = 6C2*(0.09)^2*(0.91)^4 = 0.0833
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Stan H.
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