SOLUTION: The probability that a person will make 0,1,2 or 3 errors on his or her income tax return is 0.50, 0.30, 0.15 and 0.05, respectively. IF 30 claims are selected, find the probabilit

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Question 877303: The probability that a person will make 0,1,2 or 3 errors on his or her income tax return is 0.50, 0.30, 0.15 and 0.05, respectively. IF 30 claims are selected, find the probability that 15 will contain 0 errors,8 will contain 1 error, 5 will contain 2 errors and 2 will contain 3 errors.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a multinomial distribution problem.










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So,



making 0.02010750841622 the final answer (this is approximate)
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