document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=663125>Question 663125</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> From a large shipment of transistors from a supplier, 1% of the items are known to be defective. If a sample of 200 transistors are selected at random, what is the probability that 4 or more transistors will be defective? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X-B(200,0.01), find P(X>=4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=200 np=200(0.01)=2<5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore X-P(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(X>=4)=1-P(X=3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then ??? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 200 ; p(defect) = 0.01 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(x>=4) = 1 - P(0<= x <=3) = 1 - binomcdf(200,0.01,3) = 0.1420<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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