The probability that a randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunk will live to be 4 years old is 0.97868. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks will live to be 4 years old? (b) What is the probability that seven randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks will live to be 4 years old? (c) What is the probability that at least one of seven randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks will not live to be 4 years old? Would it be unusual if at least one of seven randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks did not live to be 4 years old?

The probability that a randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunk will live to be 4 years old is 0.97868. (a) What is the probability that two randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks will live to be 4 years old? (b) What is the probability that seven randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks will live to be 4 years old? (c) What is the probability that at least one of seven randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks will not live to be 4 years old? Would it be unusual if at least one of seven randomly selected 3-year-old male chipmunks did not live to be 4 years old?

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The probability that a randomly selected

3-year-old

male

chipmunk

will live to be

years old is

0.97868.

(a) What is the probability that two randomly selected

3-year-old

male

chipmunks

will live to be

years old?

(b) What is the probability that

seven

randomly selected

3-year-old

male

chipmunks

will live to be

years old?

seven

randomly selected

3-year-old

male

chipmunks

will not live to be

years old? Would it be unusual if at least one of

seven

randomly selected

3-year-old

male

chipmunks

did not live to be

years old?

(a) The probability that two randomly selected

3-year-old

male

chipmunks

will live to be

years old is

nothing.

(Round to five decimal places as needed.)

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