the age of Subject #101 is 71. Divide that age by 10 and put a % on it.  That is the probability of any given subject quitting the study, i.e. if subject #101 is 45 years old, each person has a 4.5% (aka 0.045) chance of quitting the study.  If you designate five people at random, how many of the five do you expect to quit the study?  What is the probably that two of them will quit the study?  Less than two?  At most two?  At least two?  More than two?    Please answer these questions in this exact order.

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  1.  the age of Subject #101 is 71. Divide that age by 10 and put a % on it.  That is the probability of any given subject quitting the study, i.e. if subject #101 is 45 years old, each person has a 4.5% (aka 0.045) chance of quitting the study.  If you designate five people at random, how many of the five do you expect to quit the study?  What is the probably that two of them will quit the study?  Less than two?  At most two?  At least two?  More than two?    Please answer these questions in this exact order.
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