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Tom is making calls door to door in a neighborhood of 45 houses to give out gift cards for a new supermarket. He leaves a gift card only on those calls for which the door is answered. On any call the probability of the door being answered is 40%.
a) Find the probability that Tom gives away at most 2 gift cards in the first 5 calls.
b) Given that he has given away exactly 2 gift cards on his first 5 calls, find the probability that Tom will give away the 5th gift card on the 10th call.
c) Find the expected total number of cards given out when he is done.
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A. It follow binomial distribution with n=5, and p=2/5 we get answers P(<=2)=0.682
B , probability of 5th gift card awayto 10th call when guven exactly 2 gift on first 5 calls =P(B/A) =0.201.