Use the appropriate normal distribution to approximate the resulting binomial distribution: If 17% of men are bald, what is the probability that at most 140 in a random sample of 900 men are bald? A) 0.1151 B) 0.9664 C) 0.0697 D) 0.1335 E) 0.8849

Use the appropriate normal distribution to approximate the resulting binomial distribution: If 17% of men are bald, what is the probability that at most 140 in a random sample of 900 men are bald? A) 0.1151 B) 0.9664 C) 0.0697 D) 0.1335 E) 0.8849

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C) 0.0697

D) 0.1335

E) 0.8849

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