A certain drug treatment cures 90% of cases of hookworm in children.15 Suppose that 20 children suffering from hookworm are to be treated, and that the children can be regarded as a random sample from the population.Find the probability that a) all 20 will be cured. (b) all but 1 will be cured. (c) exactly 18 will be cured.

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A certain drug treatment cures 90% of cases of hookworm in children.15 Suppose that 20 children suffering from hookworm are to be treated, and that the children can be regarded as a random sample from the population.Find the probability that

a) all 20 will be cured.

(b) all but 1 will be cured.

(c) exactly 18 will be cured.

(d) exactly 90% will be cured

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