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Transcribed Image Text:Directions: Use the binomial formula to compute the probabilities given the following
values. Write your answers and complete solutions in any clean sheet of paper.
Box/encircle your final answers.
1. п %3 6,
p =
4
P(X = 3)
2. п %3D 15, р%3
P(X = 8)
3. п %3D 9,
p = 0.7, P(X = 5)
%3D
4. п %3
10, p = 0.8, P(X = 6)
5. n = 6,
p = 0.25 , P(X = 2)
%3D
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