With a new flu vaccination 85 of the people in the high risk
With a new flu vaccination, 85% of the people in the high risk group can go through the entire winter without getting the flu. In a group of six people who were vaccinated with this drug, what is the probability that at least four will not get the flu?
Include the formula that you used in Excel and the values that you entered to find your answer
example Answer: 0.2424 =BINOM.DIST(6, 10, 0.64, FALSE)
Solution
p=0.85, q=0.15, n=6
6C4p4q2+6C5p5q+6C6p6q0
15(0.85)4(0.15)2+6(0.85)5(0.15)+(0.85)6=0.176+0.399+0.377=0.952
