SOLUTION: A newspaper article claims that 44% of all airplanes arriving at Piarco Airport are late. Seven(7) flights are randomly selected. (a) Define the variable of interest. [1] (b) S

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Question 591391: A newspaper article claims that 44% of all airplanes arriving at Piarco Airport are late. Seven(7) flights are randomly selected.
(a) Define the variable of interest. [1]
(b) State clearly the appropriate distribution for this scenario. Justify your answer. [5]
(c) Find the probability at least 1 flight will arrive late. [4]

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A newspaper article claims that 44% of all airplanes arriving at Piarco Airport are late. Seven(7) flights are randomly selected.
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(a) Define the variable of interest. [1]
Of the seven flights, how many aarrive late.
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(b) State clearly the appropriate distribution for this scenario. Justify your answer. [5]
Binomial Distribution with n = 7 and p(late) = 0.44
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(c) Find the probability at least 1 flight will arrive late. [4]
P(at least one late) = 1 - P(none late)
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P(at least one late) = 1 - 0.56^7 = 0.9805
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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