According to the Center for Paranormal Activity and Defense (a secret division of the FBI), 10% of people have come in contact with an extraterrestrial being. Suppose 10 people are randomly selected and the numbers who have come in contact with extraterrestrial beings is recorded. What is the probability that two or less of the ten have come in contact with an extraterrestrial being?

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According to the Center for Paranormal Activity and Defense (a secret division of the FBI), 10% of people have come in contact with an extraterrestrial being. Suppose 10 people are randomly selected and the numbers who have come in contact with extraterrestrial beings is recorded.

What is the probability that two or less of the ten have come in contact with an extraterrestrial being? [Round your answer to four decimal places]

 

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