SOLUTION: A congested computer network has a 10% probability of losing a data packet and packet losses are independent events. an e-mail message requires 100 packets. what is the probability
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Question 935038: A congested computer network has a 10% probability of losing a data packet and packet losses are independent events. an e-mail message requires 100 packets. what is the probability that at least 20 packets must be resent ?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A congested computer network has a 10% probability of losing a data packet and packet losses are independent events. an e-mail message requires 100 packets. what is the probability that at least 20 packets must be resent ?
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Binomial Problem with n = 100 and p(resent) = 0.10
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P(20<= x <=100) = 1 - P(0<= x <=19) = 1 - binomcdf(100,0.10,19)
= 1 - 0.9980 = 0.0020
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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