document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=494715>Question 494715</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A local company has a policy that it will reject a shipment of parts from its supplier if inspectors find any defective parts in a random sample of five parts from the shipment. The supplier has been in business many years and  has a long-term defective rate for parts of only 5.7%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the probability that a shipment will be rejected after a given sample of parts is checked? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The supplier has been in business many years and has a long-term defective rate for parts of only 5.7%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability that a shipment will be rejected after a given sample of parts is checked?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(a part is defective) = 0.057<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(a part is not defective = 1-0.057 = 0.943<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(x >= 1 defect) = 1 - P(no defects)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 1 - (0.943)^5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 1 - 0.7457<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 0.2543<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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