SOLUTION: a company runs a promotional contest in which 1 out of every 8 bottles is a winner, if you purchased one bottle each day, what is the proabability that you open a winning bottle on
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Question 1010930: a company runs a promotional contest in which 1 out of every 8 bottles is a winner, if you purchased one bottle each day, what is the proabability that you open a winning bottle on day 5?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a company runs a promotional contest in which 1 out of every 8 bottles is a winner, if you purchased one bottle each day, what is the proabability that you open a winning bottle on day 5?
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Ans:: (7/8)^4*(1/8) = 0.0733
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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