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Political Surveys In a certain county, 60$\%$ of the voters arein favor of an upcoming school bond initiative. If five votersare interviewed at random, what is the probability thatexactly three of them will favor the initiative?
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The number of trials (n) is 5 (the number of voters interviewed), the number of successes (r) we are interested in is 3 (the number of voters in favor of the initiative), the probability of success (p) is 0.6 (the proportion of voters in favor of the initiative), Show more…
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