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Question 941250: 60% of the students in a seminar are women. If 10 students are selected randomly, what is the probability that 7 of them are women?
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60% of the students in a seminar are women. If 10 students are selected randomly, what is the probability that 7 of them are women?
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Binomial Problem with n = 10 and p(women) = 0.6
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P(x = 7) = 10C7*0.6^7*0.4*3 = binompdf(10,0.6,7) = 0.2150
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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