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An oil company estimates that only 1 well in 20 will yield commercial quantities of oil. Assume that successful drilled wells represent independent events. If 5 wells are drilled, find the probability of obtaining a commercially successful well for the following number of times. (Round your answer to six decimal places.) exactly 1

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An oil drilling company ventures into various lo- cations, and its success or failure is independent from one location to another. Suppose the probability of a success at any specific location is
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