HI! HELP ME WITH THIS PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! A study of an ant colony over a certain area showed an average of 1 infected ant per 20,000 ants. If a particular area has 50,000 ants, find the probability of selecting exactly 7 infected ones from that area?

HI! HELP ME WITH THIS PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! A study of an ant colony over a certain area showed an average of 1 infected ant per 20,000 ants. If a particular area has 50,000 ants, find the probability of selecting exactly 7 infected ones from that area?

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