SOLUTION: I am trying to find out if you have 27 things of seafood and five of them are spoiled. If 6 of the 27 meals are served what is the probability that a custom will receive spoiled fo

Question 852563: I am trying to find out if you have 27 things of seafood and five of them are spoiled. If 6 of the 27 meals are served what is the probability that a custom will receive spoiled food?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

 p(spoiled) = 5/27 = .185, n = 6

Using TI: P(x) The syntax is binompdf(n, p, x-value).

P(1 spoiled) = binompdf(6, .185, 1)

0r  Using 

 where p and q are the probabilities of success and failure respectively. 

P(1 spoiled) =  

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