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Suppose $X$ is the number of successes out of $n$ trials, where the trials are independent of each other. The probability of success of every trial is $p$. The probability that there will be exactly $k$ successes out of n trials is

$$\mathbb{P}(X=k)=\left( \begin{array}{c} n \\ k \end{array} \right) p^k (1-p)^{n-k}, k=0,1,…,n.$$

The expected number of success is $\mathbb{E}(X)=np$.

For the situation in the previous problem, what is the expected number defaults?
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