In a Recent Survey, 64% of the Community Favored Building

question 7

Multiple Choice

In a recent survey, 64% of the community favored building a police substation in their neighborhood. If 14 citizens are chosen, find the probability that exactly 8 of them favor the building of the police substation.

• A)0.184
• B)0.058
• C)0.571
• D)0.640

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