Suppose that 35% of all voters prefer Candidate A. If 9 people are chosen at random for a poll, what is the probability that exactly 6 of them favor Candidate A?
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Since we are dealing with a fixed number of trials (9 people), each trial is independent (one person's preference does not affect another's), there are only two possible outcomes (favor Candidate A or not), and the probability of success (favoring Candidate A) is Show more…
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