document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131524>Question 1131524</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company purchases shipments of machine components and uses this acceptance sampling plan: Randomly select and test 23 components and accept the whole batch if there are fewer than 3 defectives. If a particular shipment of thousands of components actually has a 8% rate of defects, what is the probability of fewer than 3 defectives?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #749114 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=749114\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Look for 0,1,2 defectives<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for 0:0.92^23=0.1469<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for 1: 0.92^22*0.08*23 ways it can happen (23C1)=0.2939<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for 2::23C2*0.92^21*0.0064=0.2811<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This probability is 0.7219 </SPAN>\n" );
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