Find probability that auditor detect more than one error

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In order to verify the accuracy of their financial accounts, companies use auditors on a regular basis to verify accounting entries. The company's employees make erroneous entries 5% of the time. Suppose that an auditor randomly checks three entries.

a Find the probability distribution for Y , the number of errors detected by the auditor.

b Construct a probability histogram for p(y).

c Find the probability that the auditor will detect more than one error.

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