Find the probability of exactly k successes in n repeated Bernoulli trials where the probability of success is p. (Round your answer to six decimal places.) n = 8, k = 3, p = 0.4

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Find the probability of exactly k successes in n repeated Bernoulli trials where the probability of success is p. (Round your answer to six decimal places.)

n = 8, k = 3, p = 0.4
 
Flip a fair coin 12 times. Find the probability of getting the following outcome. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
at most 2 heads
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Let X denote the number of successes in n = 8 Bernoulli trials. Then X follows Binomial(n = 8, p = 0.5)

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