A life insurance company has found a 3% probability that a randomly selected application contains an error. Assume applications are mutually independent. An auditor randomly selects 100 applications. What is the probability that 95%, or less, of the selected applications, are error free?

A life insurance company has found a 3% probability that a randomly selected application contains an error. Assume applications are mutually independent. An auditor randomly selects 100 applications. What is the probability that 95%, or less, of the selected applications, are error free?

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What is the probability that 95%, or less, of the selected applications, are error free?

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