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Forty percent of all undergraduates at a university are chemistry majors. In a random sample of six students, find the probability that exactly two are chemistry majors. 12. The probability that exactly two are chemistry majors is Type an integer or a decimal. Round to four decimal places as needed.)

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0.3110

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a binomial distribution with probability of success (being a chemistry major) p = 0.40.

The general formula for a binomial distribution is:

[tex]P(x=k)=\frac{n!}{(n-k)!k!}*p^k*(1-p)^{n-k}[/tex]

Where n is the sample size and k is the desired number of successes.

The probability of k=2 in a sample of n =6 is:

[tex]P(x=2)=\frac{6!}{(6-2)!2!}*0.4^2*(1-0.4)^{6-2} \\P(x=2)=\frac{6!}{(6-2)!2!}*0.4^2*(1-0.4)^{6-2}\\P(x=2)=3*5*0.4^2*0.6^4\\P(x=2)=0.3110[/tex]

The probability is 0.3110

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