document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1033895>Question 1033895</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company claims that 99% of its cereal boxes have at least as<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At a quality control checkpoint, one box out of a random sample of ten<BR>\n" );
document.write( "boxes falls short of its stated weight. What is the probability of this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "happening due to chance variation in box weights? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "much cereal by weight as the amount stated on the box. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "At a quality control checkpoint, one box out of a random sample of ten<BR>\n" );
document.write( "boxes falls short of its stated weight. What is the probability of this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "happening due to chance variation in box weights? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 10 ; p(not standard) = 0.01<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(x = 1) = 10C1*(0.01)*(0.99)^9 = 10*(1/100)*0.9135 = 0.0914<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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