Consider the following binomial experiment. The probability that a green jelly bean is chosen at random from a large package of jelly beans is 1/4. If Sally chooses 12 jelly beans, what is the probability that at most two will be green jelly beans? A) 0.3907 B) 0.5000 C) 0.4137 D) 0.6093 E) 0.6500

Consider the following binomial experiment. The probability that a green jelly bean is chosen at random from a large package of jelly beans is 1/4. If Sally chooses 12 jelly beans, what is the probability that at most two will be green jelly beans? A) 0.3907 B) 0.5000 C) 0.4137 D) 0.6093 E) 0.6500

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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C) 0.4137

D) 0.6093

E) 0.6500

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