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  P[X < 2] = (0.95)20(0.05)0 + 20(0.95)19(0.05) + 190(0.95)18(0.05)2 = 0.358 + 0.377 + 0.189 = 0.9245.
  P[X < 2] = (0.95)20(0.05)0 + 20(0.95)19(0.05) + 190(0.95)18(0.05)2 = 0.358 + 0.377 + 0.189 = 0.9245.
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Solution: E

Let X be the number of hurricanes over the 20-year period. The conditions of the problem give x is a binomial distribution with n = 20 and p = 0.05 . It follows that

P[X < 2] = (0.95)20(0.05)0 + 20(0.95)19(0.05) + 190(0.95)18(0.05)2 = 0.358 + 0.377 + 0.189 = 0.9245.

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