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Your flight has been delayed: At Denver International Airport, 84% of recent flights have arrived on...

Your flight has been delayed: At Denver International Airport, 84% of recent flights have arrived on time. A sample of 14 flights is studied. Round the probabilities to four decimal places.

(a) Find the probability that all

14 of the flights were on time

(b) Find the probability that exactly

12 of the flights were on time.

(c) Find the probability that

12 or more of the flights were on time.

(d) Would it be unusual for

13 or more of the flights to be on time?

It would/would not be unusual for 13 or more flights to be on time since the probability is ________

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