document.write( "Question 523192: 8. Playtime Toys has fifty employees of whom forty are members of the union. Five employees are selected at random to form a committee to meet with management to negotiate shift starting times.
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document.write( "a. What kind of probability distribution will you use to solve this problem?
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document.write( "b. What is the probability that four of the committee members will be union members?
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document.write( "c. What is the probability that four of the committee members with non union members?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #347202 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Playtime Toys has fifty employees of whom forty are members of the union. Five employees are selected at random to form a committee to meet with management to negotiate shift starting times. \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 5 ; p(union) = 4/5 \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "a. What kind of probability distribution will you use to solve this problem? \n" ); document.write( "Binomial \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "b. What is the probability that four of the committee members will be union members? \n" ); document.write( "P(x = 4) = 5C4*(4/5)^4(1/5) = 0.4096 \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "c. What is the probability that four of the committee members with non union members? \n" ); document.write( "P(x = 1) = 5C1(4/5)(1/5)^4 = 0.0064 \n" ); document.write( "======================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |