Probability using the complement rule

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"It is reported that 16 percent of American households use a cell phone exclusively for their tele- phone service. In a sample of eight households, find the probability that:
a. None use a cell phone as their exclusive service.
b. At least one uses the cell exclusively.
c. At least five use the cell phone.
 
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trastic said:
"It is reported that 16 percent of American households use a cell phone exclusively for their tele- phone service. In a sample of eight households, find the probability that:
a. None use a cell phone as their exclusive service.
b. At least one uses the cell exclusively.
c. At least five use the cell phone.

This is a binomial distribution with n = 8 and p = 0.16.