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Question 995680: Help Please, I need a step by step so I can understand this problem.
There is a 0.88 probability that math students will correctly follow all instructions on the Final Exam. What is the probability that exactly 88 of the 100 students taking math in a particular term correctly follow all Final Exam instructions? Round answer to the nearest ten thousandth (four places after decimal).

Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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we use the binomial probability formula,
P(x=88) = (100C88) * 0.88^88 * 0.12^12 where
x=88, 100C88 is the combination of 100 things taken 88 at a time, P=0.88, Q=0.12
P(x=88) = 0.1219