Suppose that the probability that someone in NYC has been exposed to monkeypox is 10%. (a) Find the probability that at most 3 out of 20 randomly chosen people in NYC have been exposed to monkeypox. (b) Find the probability that one must test exactly 20 people in order to find 3 people that have been exposed to monkeypox.

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
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Suppose that the probability that someone in NYC has been exposed to monkeypox is 10%.
(a) Find the probability that at most 3 out of 20 randomly chosen people in NYC have
been exposed to monkeypox.
(b) Find the probability that one must test exactly 20 people in order to find 3 people that
have been exposed to monkeypox.  

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