An insurance salesman sells policies to 5 men, all of identical age. According to the actuarial tables, the probability that a man of this particular age will be alive 30 years hence is 2/3. Find the probability that in 30 years a) all 5 men b) at least 3 men c) only 2 men d) at least 1 man will be alive
An insurance salesman sells policies to 5 men, all of identical age. According to the actuarial tables, the probability that a man of this particular age will be alive 30 years hence is 2/3. Find the probability that in 30 years a) all 5 men b) at least 3 men c) only 2 men d) at least 1 man will be alive
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability
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An insurance salesman sells policies to 5 men, all of identical age. According to the actuarial tables, the probability that a man of this particular age will be alive 30 years hence is 2/3. Find the probability that in 30 years
a) all 5 men b) at least 3 men c) only 2 men d) at least 1 man will be alive
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