A company finds that one out of every 6 workers it hires turns out to be unsatisfactory. Assume that the satisfactory performance of any hired worker is independent of that of any other hired workers. If the company hires 18 people, what is the probability that the following number of people will turn out to be satisfactory? (Round your answer to six decimal places.)

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A company finds that one out of every 6 workers it hires turns out to be unsatisfactory. Assume that the satisfactory performance of any hired worker is independent of that of any other hired workers. If the company hires 18 people, what is the probability that the following number of people will turn out to be satisfactory? (Round your answer to six decimal places.)

exactly 16
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