The Following Problems Using The Binomial Probability Formula

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BINOMIAL PROBABILITY

Do the following problems using the binomial probability formula.

|1) A coin is tossed ten times. Find the probability of getting six |2) A family has three children. Find the probability of having one |
|heads and four tails. |boy and two girls. |
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|3) What is the probability of getting three aces(ones) if a die is |4) A baseball player has a .250 batting average. What is the |
|rolled five times? |probability that he will have three hits in five times at bat? |
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|5) A basketball player has an 80% chance of sinking a basket on a |6) With a new flu vaccination, 85% of the people in the high risk |
|free throw. What is the probability that he will sink at least three|group can go through the entire winter without contracting the flu. |
|baskets in five free throws? |In a group of six people who were vaccinated with this drug, what is |
| |the probability that at least four will not get the flu? |
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