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The founders of an online dating website believe there is a 45% chance that a user believes in love at first sight. If 5 of the website's users are randomly selected to participate in a speed dating e

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The student's question pertains to calculating probabilities using the binomial distribution, given a 45% chance belief in love at first sight among users of a dating site. Since the specific number of users is not mentioned, the exact probability cannot be determined without additional information.

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The question at hand involves probabilities and can be addressed using the concept of binomial probability. The founders believe there is a 45% chance that a user believes in love at first sight. When selecting 5 users at random, the question likely aims to find the probability of a certain number of users (out of the 5) who believe in love at first sight, which would be a typical question in the context of binomial distribution.

Since the question is incomplete and the required number of users who believe in love at first sight is not provided, we cannot calculate the exact probability. Normally, you would use the formula for binomial probability, which is:
P(X = k) = (n choose k) * pk * (1-p)(n-k)
where 'n' is the number of trials, 'k' is the number of successful trials, 'p' is the probability of success on a single trial, and '(n choose k)' is the binomial coefficient.

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