Question 1179028
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The rates of on-time flights for commercial jets are continuously tracked by the U.S. Department of Transportation. 
Recently, Southwest Air had the best reate with 80 % of its flights arriving on time. 
A test is conducted by randomly selecting 13 Southwest flights and observing whether they arrive on time. 
Find the probability that exactly 5 flights arrive on time.
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It is a binomial distribution probability problem.

    - number of trials         n =  13;
    - number of success trials k =   5;
    - Probability of success on a single trial p = 0.8.



We need calculate  P(n=13; k=5; p=0.8).      


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https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx


It provides nice instructions  and  a convenient input and output for all relevant options/cases.


    P(n=13; k=5; p=0.8) = 0.0011    (rounded).       <U>ANSWER</U>
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Solved.


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