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The unemployment rate in a city is 15%. If 6 people from the city are sampled at random, find the probability that fewer than 2 of them are unemployed.

Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places, and round your answer to two decimal places.

(If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

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