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Chapter 5: Q. 90. (page 334)

Get rid of the penny Harris Interactive reported that 29% of all U.S. adults favor abolishing the penny. Assuming that responses from different individuals are independent, what is the probability of randomly selecting 3 U.S. adults who all say that they favor abolishing the penny?

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The required probability is0.0244

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01

Given information

Given that,

Probability of success (p)=29%=0.29

Number of trials(n)=3

02

Calculation

The probability of a binomial distribution can be calculated using the following formula:

P(X=r)=Crn脳pr脳(1-p)n-rP

The probability of selecting adults who are in favor of abolishing the penny at random is calculated as follows:

P(X=r)=Crn脳pr脳(1-p)r =C33脳(0.29)3脳(1-0.29)3-3 =0.0244

Therefore, the required probability is0.0244

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