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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the probability of success in an experiment is 0.2, the the experiment is performed 6 times, what is the probability of having at most 5 successes?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please show the step by step method

OpenStudy (anonymous):

chance of success in 1 experiment is 0.2 probability of have 5 experiments which are a success is 0.2*5 = 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no wait I think its wrong, see what the others reply

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it's a binomial distribution,so the probability of having at most five successes is given by 1-P(having exactly six successes) 1-0.2^6 1-0.000064 0.999936

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol close enough ^

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