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A research company stated that 20% of missed school days are due to asthma. If a group of 400 school children are selected at random, what is the probability that fewer than 70 will miss school because of asthma?
a) 0.1056 b) 0.0947 c) 0.1170 d) 0.4049 e) None of the above

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