Five percent of workers in a certain city use public transportation to get work. If you randomly select 250 workers and ask them if they use public transportation to get to work. a) find the probability that exactly 16 workers will say yes b) find the probability that at least 9 woekers will say yes c) find the probability that fewer that 16 workers will say yes

Five percent of workers in a certain city use public transportation to get work. If you randomly select 250 workers and ask them if they use public transportation to get to work. a) find the probability that exactly 16 workers will say yes b) find the probability that at least 9 woekers will say yes c) find the probability that fewer that 16 workers will say yes

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Five percent of workers in a certain city use public transportation to get work. If you randomly select 250 workers and ask them if they use public transportation to get to work.

a) find the probability that exactly 16 workers will say yes

b) find the probability that at least 9 woekers will say yes

c) find the probability that fewer that 16 workers will say yes

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