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Surgery, continued Refer to Exercise 5.96. If less than two operations were successf...

Surgery, continued Refer to Exercise 5.96. If less than two operations were successful, how would you feel about the performance of the surgical team?

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Successful Surgeries A new surgical procedure is said to be successful 80% of the time. Suppose the operation is performed five times and the results are assumed to be independent of one another. What are the probabilities of these events?

a. All five operations are successful.

b. Exactly four are successful.

c. Less than two are successful.

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