For short domestic flights, an airline has three different choices on its snack menupretzels, potato chips, and cookies. Based on past experience, the airline feels that each snack is equally likely to be chosen. If there are 150 passengers on a particular flight, what is the approximate probability that   a. at least 60 will choose pretzels for dessert? b. exactly 60 will choose pretzels for dessert?             c. fewer than 60 will choose pretzels for dessert?

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For short domestic flights, an airline has three different choices on its snack menupretzels, potato chips, and cookies. Based on past experience, the airline feels that each snack is equally likely to be chosen. If there are 150 passengers on a particular flight, what is the approximate probability that  

a. at least 60 will choose pretzels for dessert?

b. exactly 60 will choose pretzels for dessert?            

c. fewer than 60 will choose pretzels for dessert?

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