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The New York Rangers win 63.4% of their games. Suppose they play seven games against the
New York Islanders in a season. What is the
the majority of their games against the Islanders this season?
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It is given that the probability of win the games is p = 63.4% = 0.634 of the New York Rangers. The number of games n = 7. The random variable winning the game follows Binomial distribution.
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