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The probability that a randomly selected 4 4 -year-old male stink bug s t i n k

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Question

The probability that a randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bug will live to be 55 years old is 0.659320.65932. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? (b) What is the probability that eighteight randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? The probability that a randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bug will live to be 55 years old is 0.659320.65932. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? (b) What is the probability that eighteight randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? The probability that a randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bug will live to be 55 years old is 0.659320.65932. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? (b) What is the probability that eighteight randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? The probability that a randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bug will live to be 55 years old is 0.659320.65932. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? (b) What is the probability that eighteight randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? The probability that a randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bug will live to be 55 years old is 0.659320.65932. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? (b) What is the probability that eighteight randomly selected 44-year-old male stink bugstink bugs will live to be 55 years old? 44-year-old stink bugstink bug 55 0.659320.65932. 44-year-old stink bugstink bugs 55 eighteight 44-year-old stink bugstink bugs 55

Explanation / Answer

Ans:

Use the multiplication rule. The probability of successes of all n independent experiments each with probability p equals p^n.
(a) p=0.65932, n=2, so P(2)=0.65932^2=0.4347029
(b) p=0.65932, n=8, so P(5)=0.65932^8=0.0357084