Have you ever tried to get out of jury duty? About 25% of those called will find an excuse (work, poorhealth, etc.) to avoid jury duty. If 14 people are called for jury duty,a) what is the probability that less than 3 will find an excuse to avoid jury duty?b) What is the probability that exactly 4 will find an excuse to avoid jury duty?c) Find the expected number of those who will find an excuse to avoid jury duty. What is the standarddeviation?

Given,n=14p=0.25Let X=no.of people will find an excuse to avoid jury dutyX~Binomial(n=14 ,…

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