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Question:
Suppose that 90% of people are right-handed. What is the probability that at most 6 of a random sample of 10 people are right-handed?
Answer:

Given 90% of the people are right handed.

A person can be right handed or left handed.

Probability of right handed person p = 90/100 = 9/10

Probability of left handed person q = 1 - 9/10 = 1/10

Now using Binomial theorem,

probability that more than 6 people are right handed = ∑ 10Cr * pr * q10-r                     (7<=r<=10)

                                                                                  = ∑ 10Cr * (9/10)r * (1/10)10-r

                                                                                  = ∑ 10Cr * (0.9)r * (0.1)10-r   

So the probability that at most 6 people are right handed = 1- {∑ 10Cr * (0.9)r * (0.1)10-r  }               (7<=r<=10)

                

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