Recent market research reported that Hewlett-Packard (HP) controlled 23% of the personal computer (PC) market in Canada. Suppose you randomly selected 150 recent purchasers of PCs in Canada. What is the probability that exactly 33 of them bought an HP computer? (Use an appropriate approximate method if you are able to) A. 22.82% B. 14.81% C. 0% -- the answer cannot be calculated D. 7.64%
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