It is known from laboratory experiments that 40% of mice inoculated with a serum are protected from a certain disease. If 6 mice are inoculated, find the probability that (a) none contracts the disease, (b) fewer than 2 contracts the disease; (c) more than 4

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It is known from laboratory experiments that 40% of mice inoculated with a serum are protected from a certain disease. If 6 mice are inoculated, find the probability that (a) none contracts the disease, (b) fewer than 2 contracts the disease; (c) more than 4 contracts the disease. (d) Find the mean and variance of X: the number of mice protected from disease after inoculation.

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