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About 20% of the population is left-handed. Compute the probability that in a class of 150 students (a) at least 25 of them are left-handed; and (b) between 15 and 20 are left-handed.

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(a) at least 25 of them are left-handed; and
(b) between 15 and 20 are left-handed.

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