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An industrial chemical that will retard the spread of fire in paint has been developed. The local sales representative has estimated, from past experience that 50.1% (round to integer) of the sales calls will result in an order. The distribution is binomial. If eight sales calls are made in a day, what is the probability of receiving exactly five orders?

An industrial chemical that will retard the spread of fire in paint has been developed. The local sales representative has estimated, from past experience that 50.1% (round to integer) of the sales calls will result in an order. The distribution is binomial. If eight sales calls are made in a day, what is the probability of receiving exactly five orders?

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An industrial chemical that will retard the spread of fire in paint has been developed. The local sales representative has estimated, from past experience that 50.1% (round to integer) of the sales calls will result in an order. The distribution is binomial. If eight sales calls are made in a day, what is the probability of receiving exactly five orders?
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