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Question 954483: a manufacturing machine has a 9% defect rate. if 3 items are chosen at random what is the probability that at least one will have a defect
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Calculate the probability of no defects.
The complement will be the probability of at least one.





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