4. Mary Pineda ran against Bernie Leoncio for congreesman. In one precent, one of the two voting machines did not work., and 182 votes were cast n the broken machine. Mary needed to receive 177 of the 182 votes to win the election. On the other machine in the precinct, Mary received 51% of the votes. Since assignment of voters to ballot boxes is independent, what is the probability that Mary won the election?

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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4. Mary Pineda ran against Bernie Leoncio for congreesman. In one precent, one of
the two voting machines did not work., and 182 votes were cast n the broken
machine. Mary needed to receive 177 of the 182 votes to win the election. On
the other machine in the precinct, Mary received 51% of the votes. Since
assignment of voters to ballot boxes is independent, what is the probability that
Mary won the election?
Transcribed Image Text:4. Mary Pineda ran against Bernie Leoncio for congreesman. In one precent, one of the two voting machines did not work., and 182 votes were cast n the broken machine. Mary needed to receive 177 of the 182 votes to win the election. On the other machine in the precinct, Mary received 51% of the votes. Since assignment of voters to ballot boxes is independent, what is the probability that Mary won the election?
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