Question 1193397
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Fifty percent of midsize manufacturers planned to have management representative visit Canada and Mexico 
to take advantage of opportunities created by the North American Free Trade Agreements. 
An export-import group in Toronto , Canada , has invited 20 US midsize manufacturers to participate 
in the conference to explore trade opportunities. 
What is the probability that 12 or more of these manufacturers will send representatives?
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It is a binomial distribution probability problem.


The number of trials is n=20; the individual probability of success is 0.5;
the number of success is k>=12.


Use thhis online free of charge calculator 

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


The  <U>ANSWER</U>  is  P(n=20; k>=12; p=0.5) = 0.2517   (rounded).    
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Solved.


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