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The probability of getting rain on any given day in June in Capital City is 1/10. What is the probability that it rains on at most 2 days in June? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest thousandth.

 Sep 17, 2016
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There are 30 days in June and we want to choose any two of them....this is a binomial probability problem

 

"At most"   means it either rains 0 days, 1 day or 2 days

 

0 days  = (9/10)^30  = 0.042391158275216203514294433201

 

1 day = C(30,1) (1/10)(9/10)^29  = 0.14130386091738734504764811067

 

2 days =  C(30,2) * (1/10)^2 * (9/10)^28 =  0.227656220366901833687877511635

 

The sum of these =  0.411351239559505382249820055506  ≈  0.411

 

 

 

cool cool cool

 Sep 17, 2016

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