Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

Exercise 51

Fishing: Billfish Ocean fishing for billfish is very popular in the Cozumel region of Mexico. In World Record Game Fishes (published by the International Game Fish Association), it was stated that in the Cozumel region, about 44% of strikes (while trolling) result in a catch. Suppose that on a given day a fleet of fishing boats got a total of 24 strikes. What is the probability that the number of fish caught was
(a) 12 or fewer
(b) 5 or more
(c) between 5 and 12