In a study conducted for the state department of education, 30% of the teachers who left teaching did so because they were laid off. assume that we randomly select 16 teachers who have recently left their profession. find the probability that at least 7 of them were laid off.

This problem can be solved by using the binomial distribution.

p = 30% = 0.3 is the probability that a teacher was laid off.
q = 1 -p = 0.7 is the probability that a teacher was not laid off.
n = 16 is the sample size.
r = 7 is the expected number of teachers who were laid off

The probability that 7 out of 16 teachers were laid off is
₁₆C₇ p⁷q⁽¹⁶⁻⁷⁾ = 11440*(0.3⁷)*(0.7⁹) = 0.101 =10.1%

The probability is 0.101 or 10.1%