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Let the numbers of graduates having 2 or less years of experience at their first job is binomial variate with probability

p=78%=0.78
and n=10 then probability of exactly X-graduates having 2 or less years of experience at their first job will be given by
P(X=x)=COMBIN(n,x)p^x*(1-P)^(n-x)
P(X=x)=COMBIN(10,x)*(0.78 )^x*(1-0.78 )^(10-x)

Then we have to calculate P(X<6), P(X=6), and P(X>6)

Let us start with P(X=6)


P(X=6) =COMBIN(10,6)*(0.78 )^6*(1-0.78 )^(10-6)
       =210*(0.78 )^6*(1-0.78 )^(10-6) 
       = 0.110784151

Now, let us calculate P(X>6)


P(X>6) =P(X=7)+P(X=8)+P(X=9)+P(X=10)
=COMBIN(10,7)*(0.78)^7*(1-0.78)^(10-7)+COMBIN(10,8)*(0.78)^8*(1-0.78)^(10-
8)+COMBIN(10,9)*(0.78)^9*(1-0.78)^(10-9)+COMBIN(10,10)*(0.78)^10*(1-0.78)^(10-10) 
=0.224445813+ 0.29841091+ 0.235111626+ 0.083357758
= 0.841326107

Finally, the P(X<6) is calculates below.


P(X<6)=1-P(X>=6)
            =1-[P(X=6) +P(X>6)]
            =1-[0.110784151+0.841326107]
            =0.047889742

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