A security company has established, from its statistics, that every time one of its alarms sounds, the probability that the event is really an emergency is 35%. According to this, if it is considered that 9 alarms have been activated, we can state that:  I. The probability that 3 of them are real emergencies is 26.5%.  II. The probability that none of them are real emergencies is 5.2%. III. The probability that 5 of them are real emergencies is 11.8%. Select one: a. Only I. b. Only II. c. Only III. d. I and III. e. II and III.

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A security company has established, from its statistics, that every time one of its alarms sounds, the probability that the event is really an emergency is 35%. According to this, if it is considered that 9 alarms have been activated, we can state that: 
I. The probability that 3 of them are real emergencies is 26.5%. 
II. The probability that none of them are real emergencies is 5.2%.
III. The probability that 5 of them are real emergencies is 11.8%.

Select one:
a. Only I.
b. Only II.
c. Only III.
d. I and III.
e. II and III.

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