A particular telephone number is used to receive both voice calls and fax messages. Suppose that 20% of the incoming calls involve fax messages, and consider a sample of 20 incoming calls.

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3.4 Q 2 A particular telephone number is used to receive both voice calls and fax messages. Suppose that 20% of the incoming calls involve fax messages, and consider a sample of 20 incoming calls.

(a) What is the probability that at most 6 of the calls involve a fax message?

(b) What is the probability that at least 6 of the calls involve a fax message?

(c) What is the probability that more than 6 of the calls involve a fax message?

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