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A state senator believes that 30% of all senators on the Finance Committee will strongly support the tax proposal she wishes to advance. Suppose that this belief is correct and that 5 senators are approached at random. a. What is the probability that at least 1 of the 5 will strongly support the proposal? b. What is the probability that a majority of the 5 will strongly support the proposal?

          A state senator believes that 30% of all senators on the Finance Committee will strongly support the tax proposal she wishes to advance. Suppose that this belief is correct and that 5 senators are approached at random. a. What is the probability that at least 1 of the 5 will strongly support the proposal? b. What is the probability that a majority of the 5 will strongly support the proposal?
        
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A state senator believes that 30% of all senators on the Finance Committee will strongly support the tax proposal she wishes to advance. Suppose that this belief is correct and that 5 senators are approached at random. a. What is the probability that at least 1 of the 5 will strongly support the proposal? b. What is the probability that a majority of the 5 will strongly support the proposal?
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00:02 The solution of this problem is.
00:08 So question number 1.
00:11 Suppose x equal to number of success.
00:20 Probability of x success equal to ncx, multiply, p over x, multiply, p over n minus x...
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