The probability that a person, living in a certain city, owns a dog is estimated to be 0.3. Find the probability that the
tenth person randomly interviewed in that city is the fifth one to own a dog
We assume that persons are independent. We consider independent random variables , and each of these variables has Bernoulli distribution. These variables correspond to randomly selected persons. Each variable takes value ('a person does not have a dog') with a probability and ('a person has a dog') with a probability . Suppose that are numbers such that of them are equal to and of them are . The probability is equal to: , where the sum is taken over all numbers such that of them are equal to and of them are . We point out that . The sum contains terms. Thus, (it is rounded to 3 decimal places)
Answer: (it is rounded to 3 decimal places)
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