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Find the indicated probability.
-A slot machine at a hotel is configured so that there is a 1/1200 probability of winning the jackpot on any individual trial. If a guest plays the slot machine 6 times, find the probability of exactly 2 jackpots. If a guest
Told the hotel manager that she had hit two jackpots in 6 plays of the slot machine, would the manager be
Surprised?


A) 0.0000104; Yes, the probability of 2 jackpots in 6 plays is extremely small.
B) 0.000000694; Yes, the probability of 2 jackpots in 6 plays is extremely small.
C) 0.000000692; Yes, the probability of 2 jackpots in 6 plays is extremely small.
D) 0.0872; No, hitting 2 jackpots in 6 trials is not so unlikely.

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