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Is my answer right?
Message posted by Kathy (via 152.163.197.81) on June 9, 2001 at 11:48 AM (ET)

The owners of a florida motel have noticed that in the long run about 40% of the people who stop to inquire about a room for the night actually rent a room. If 15 people stop to inquire about rooms, determine the probability that exactly 10 will rent a room. (use binomial tables)

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Re: Is my answer right?
Message posted by JG (via 128.8.23.133) on June 9, 2001 at 4:02 PM (ET)

P(X=10)=.0245



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