2008 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 17
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Problem
A poll shows that 
of all voters approve of the mayor's work. On three separate occasions a pollster selects a voter at random. What is the probability that on exactly one of these three occasions the voter approves of the mayor's work?
Solution 1
Letting Y stand for a voter who approved of the work, and N stand for a person who didn't approve of the work, the pollster could select responses in 
different ways: 
. The probability of each of these is 
. Thus, the answer is 
Alternative Solution
In more concise terms, this problem is an extension of the binomial distribution. We find the number of ways only 1 person approves of the mayor multiplied by the probability 1 person approves and 2 people disapprove: $$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg){3\choose } \cdot(0.7)^1\cdot(1-0.7)^{(3-1)}=3\cdot0.7\cdot0.09=\boxed{\mathrm{(B)}\ {{{0.189}}}}$
Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
With explanation of how it helps on future problems, emphasizing "Don't Memorize, Understand" https://youtu.be/PO3XZaSchJc
~IceMatrix
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