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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis
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Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...
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Consider a random variable X which represents the number people who are infected by pathogen in a random sample of 40 individuals. 

 

X will follow binomial distribution with parameters n = 4 and p = 1/100 = 0.01.

 

 

Step 2

The probability that at least one of the 40 people are infected can be calculated as:

 

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So, the required probability is 0.331

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