4 students apply to a PhD program.  The program rejects 45% of all applicants.  Students are accepted and rejected independently of each other.  Let the random variable X represent the number of the 4 students who get rejected into the PhD Program. (Hint: Binomial distribution with n=4, P=45%)   What is the probability that less than 2 students are rejected to the program? (round your answer to 4 decimal places)

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4 students apply to a PhD program.  The program rejects 45% of all applicants.  Students are accepted and rejected independently of each other.  Let the random variable X represent the number of the 4 students who get rejected into the PhD Program. (Hint: Binomial distribution with n=4, P=45%)

 

What is the probability that less than 2 students are rejected to the program? (round your answer to 4 decimal places)

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