document.write( "Question 252181: The sales Manager of an Automobile dealer estimated 80% of the new cars delivered by them have no defect and so will not be brought back immediately for repair. He sells a fleet of 10 cars to an important customer. What i»the probability that — (i) No car will be brought back (ii) Exactly two cars will be brought back. (iii) At least two cars will be brought back. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #183980 by edjones(8007)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Binomial expansion: (a+b)^10=a^10+10a^9b+45a^8b^2+... This is the only part of the expansion that we need. \n" ); document.write( "Let a=.8, b=.2 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "No car returned: .8^10=.107 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Exactly 2 returned: 45*.8^8*.2^2=.302 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "At least 2 returned: \n" ); document.write( "10*.8^9*.2=.268 (exactly 1 returned) \n" ); document.write( "1-.107-.268=.624 (1-one or none returned) \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Ed \n" ); document.write( " |