SOLUTION: Five percent of the eyeglasses sold at an optical retailer have tinted lenses. Forty pairs of glasses are sold on a particular day and six have tinted lenses. Identify n, p, and x
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Question 1127322: Five percent of the eyeglasses sold at an optical retailer have tinted lenses. Forty pairs of glasses are sold on a particular day and six have tinted lenses. Identify n, p, and x.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
is the total number sold that day.
is the number sold that actually had tinted lenses.
is the probability that any given pair will have tinted lenses.
So the probability of the given occurrence is:
\ =\ {{40}\choose{6}}(0.05)^6\cdot(0.95)^{34})
John
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