A manufacturer of headache medicine claims that it is 70% effective within a few minutes. That is, out of every 100 users, 70 get relief within a few minutes. A group of 12 patients are given the medicine. If the claim is true, what is the probability that eight have relief within a few minutes?

A manufacturer of headache medicine claims that it is 70% effective within a few minutes. That is, out of every 100 users, 70 get relief within a few minutes. A group of 12 patients are given the medicine. If the claim is true, what is the probability that eight have relief within a few minutes?

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