Poppy and her teammates are each chewing a pieceof tropical flavoured gum before their championshipsoftball game. 76% of the pieces are pineappleflavoured.If 4 of her teammates are chosen at random, what isthe probability that exactly 1 is chewing pineapplegum?Write your answer as a decimal rounded to thenearest thousandth.

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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