SOLUTION: when a customer enters a pharmacy the probability that he or she will have 0, 1, 2, 3 prescription filled are, 0.60, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, respectively. For a sample of 6 people who en

Question 1075588: when a customer enters a pharmacy the probability that he or she will have 0, 1, 2, 3 prescription filled are, 0.60, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, respectively. For a sample of 6 people who enter the pharmacy, from me the probability that 2 will have 0 prescriptions, 2 will have 1 prescriptions, 1 will have 2 prescriptions, an 1 will have 3 prescriptions?
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when a customer enters a pharmacy the probability that he or she will have 0, 1, 2, 3 prescription filled are, 0.60, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, respectively. For a sample of 6 people who enter the pharmacy, from me the probability that 2 will have 0 prescriptions, 2 will have 1 prescriptions, 1 will have 2 prescriptions, an 1 will have 3 prescriptions?
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Ans:: (0.6)^2*(0.25)^2*(0.10)*(0.05) = 0.0001125
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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