8. 0/1 points | Previous Answers llowskyIntroStat1 4 HW.090 general. My Notes As

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8. 0/1 points | Previous Answers llowskyIntroStat1 4 HW.090 general. My Notes Ask Your Te acher The probability that a certain hockey team will win any given game is 0.3792 based on their 13 year win history of 391 wins out of 1031 games played (as of a certain date). Their schedule for November contains 12 games. Let Xnumber of games won in November What is the probability that the hockey team wins 8 games in November? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) Additional Materials Section 4 1

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Solution:

n = 12

p = 0.3792

binomial probability distribution:

Formula:

P(k out of n )= n!*pk * qn-k / k! *(n - k)!

P( x = 8 ) = 12!*0.37928 * 0.620712-8 / 8! *(12 - 8)!

= 0.0314

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