document.write( "Question 342847:  If 4 factories in a group of 20 factories in a community are violating environmental regulations and 6 are randomly selected for inspection, what is the probability that none of the violators will be selected?\r
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document.write( "I did: 6/20= 0.3% no violators will be selected\r
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document.write( "Is this correct?
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document.write( "Do I leave it as a percentage? \n" );
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| Algebra.Com's Answer #245362 by stanbon(75887)      You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 4 factories in a group of 20 factories in a community are violating environmental regulations and 6 are randomly selected for inspection, what is the probability that none of the violators will be selected? \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "16 of the 20 factories are not violators. \n" ); document.write( "P(not violator) = 16/20 = 4/5 = 0.8 \n" ); document.write( "P(violator) = 0.2 \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Binomial Problem with n= 6 and p = 0.8 \n" ); document.write( "P(x=6 non-violators) = 6C6(0.8)^6(0.2)^0 = 0.8^6 = 0.2621 \n" ); document.write( "================= \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |