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Question 360572: 60% of all people are eligible for jury duty and favor capital punishment. A jury of 12 is to be randomly selected. What is the probability that 10 of the 12 jury members are in favor of capital punishment? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 60% of all people are eligible for jury duty and favor capital punishment. A jury of 12 is to be randomly selected. What is the probability that 10 of the 12 jury members are in favor of capital punishment?
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Binomial Problem with n=12 and p = 0.6
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P(x = 10) = 12C10*0.6^10*0.4*2 = binompdf(12,0.6,10) = 0.0639
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Stan H.
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