SOLUTION: if 5% if screws produced by a machine are defective ,wat are the mean & standard deviation respectively in total of 500 screws?

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Question 1090454: if 5% if screws produced by a machine are defective ,wat are the mean & standard deviation respectively in total of 500 screws?

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if 5% of screws produced by a machine are defective ,what are the mean & standard deviation respectively in total of 500 screws?
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Binomial events::
mean = n*p = 500*0.05 = 25
std = sqrt(npq) = sqrt(25*0.95) = 4.87
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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