Suppose that the surgery is performed on three patients. a. What is the probability that the surgery is successful on exactly 2 patients? b. Let X be the number of successes. What are the possible

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A surgery has a success rate of 90%. Suppose that the surgery is performed on three
patients.
a. What is the probability that the surgery is successful on exactly 2 patients?
b. Let X be the number of successes. What are the possible values of X?
c. Create a probability distribution for X.

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