SOLUTION: An airline has a policy of booking as many as 25 persons on an airplane that only sits 24. 85% of passengers actually arrive for the flight. Find the probability that 25 persons ar
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Question 846137: An airline has a policy of booking as many as 25 persons on an airplane that only sits 24. 85% of passengers actually arrive for the flight. Find the probability that 25 persons are booked, and are not enough seats available.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airline has a policy of booking as many as 25 persons on an airplane that only sits 24. 85% of passengers actually arrive for the flight. Find the probability that 25 persons are booked, and are not enough seats available.
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Binomial Problem with n = 25 and p(arrive) = 0.85
P(x = 25) = 0.85^25 = 0.017..
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Stan H.
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