SOLUTION: In a supermarket,There are 30 cartons of eggs on a shelf. the number of cracked eggs in each carton is shown in the following table Number of cracked eggs 0 1 2 3 Number o

Question 1174960: In a supermarket,There are 30 cartons of eggs on a shelf. the number of cracked eggs in each carton is shown in the following table
Number of cracked eggs 0 1 2 3
Number of cartons 21 6 2 1
If a carton of eggs is selected at random,find the probabilities of the following events happening:
The carton contains more than one cracked egg
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Hi

Eggs Broken (x)	0	1	2	3
30 cartons	21	6	2	1
 P(x)          21/30   6/30   2/30	1/30 and sum = 30/30 = 1

P(>1 cracked) = 1 - P(0 0r 1 cracked) =  1 - (21/30 + 6/30) = 1 - 27/30 
              =  1-27/30 = 3/30 = 1/10 = .10  0r 10%

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