N=20 p=0.3. Using the probability notation P(x=x), write out all the probabilities you'd need to add up in order to calc P(x<6) then evaluate using a calculator.

Verified Answer :

\(\mathbb P(X<6)=\mathbb P(X=0)+\mathbb P(X=1)+\cdots+\mathbb P(X=5)\)

\(X\) appears to have a binomial distribution, which means

\(\mathbb P(X=x)=\dbinom Nx p^x(1-p)^{N-x}\)

where \(\dbinom nk=\dfrac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}\). So, as an example, you could compute

\(\mathbb P(X=0)=\dbinom{20}00.3^0\times0.7^{20}=0.7^{20}\approx0.0007979\)

You should get

\(\mathbb P(X<6)=\displaystyle\sum_{x=0}^5\mathbb P(X=x)\approx0.4162\)