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4.2 Exercise 1

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A trainer is teaching a rescued dolphin to catch live fish before returning it to the wild. The probability that the dolphin successfully catches a fish is 35%, and the probability that the dolphin does not successfully perform the trick is 65%. Out of 20 attempts, you want to find the probability that the dolphin succeeds 12 times. Find the P(X=12) using the binomial Pdf.

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