The National Health Interview Survey reports that 44% of telephone users no longeruse landlines, and have switched completely to cell phone use. Suppose we take arandom sample of 12 telephone users. Find the probability that the sample containsexactly 5 users who have abandoned their landlines. Use the binomial probabilityformula. Write your answer with three decimal places.

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To answer this question we will use the following formula for binomial probability:

[tex]P(x)=\binom{n}{x}p^x(1-p)^{n-x},[/tex]

where x is the number of times for a specific outcome within n trials, and p is the probability of success on a single trial.

Substituting x=5, n=12, and p=0.44 in the above formula we get:

[tex]P(5)=\binom{12}{5}(0.44)^5(1-0.44)^{12-5}.[/tex]

Simplifying the above result we get:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(5)=\frac{12!}{5!(12-5)!}(0.44)^5(0.56)^7=792*0.44^5*0.56^7 \\ \approx0.226. \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer: 0.226.