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Question 481560: A botanist wants to grow a rare plant in his green house. The probability that a give bulb will mature is .42. Suppose 6 bulbs are planted. What is the probability that 3 or more bulbs will mature? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A botanist wants to grow a rare plant in his green house. The probability that a given bulb will mature is .42. Suppose 6 bulbs are planted. What is the probability that 3 or more bulbs will mature?
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Binomial with n = 6 and p = 0.42
P(3<= x <=6) = 1 - P(0<= x <=2)
= 0.4971
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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