Probability that three invoices contain errors in sample

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An accountant believes that 10% of the company's invoices contain arithmetic errors. To check this, the accountant randomly sample 10 invoices and finds that 3 contain errors. If the accountant's theory is correct, what is the probability that at least 3 invoices contain errors in a random sample of 10?

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