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Proofreading. Typing errors in a text are either nonword errors (as when "the" is typed as "teh") or word errors that result in a real but incorrect word. Spellchecking software will catch nonword errors but not word errors. Human proofreaders catch \(70 \%\) of word errors. You ask a fellow student to proofread an essay in which you have deliberately made 10 word errors. (a) If the student matches the usual \(70 \%\) rate, what is the distribution of the number of errors caught? What is the distribution of the number of errors missed? (b) Missing 3 or more out of 10 errors seems a poor performance. What is the probability that a proofreader who catches \(70 \%\) of word errors misses exactly 3 out of 10 ? If you use software, also find the probability of missing 3 or more out of 10 .