document.write( "Question 1138543: A machine that manufactures automobile parts produces 15% defective parts
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document.write( "\"Fewer than 3\" means \"2 or fewer\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "On a TI-83 or TI-84 \r\n" );
document.write( "press 2ND VARS, \r\n" );
document.write( "scroll down to binomcdf( \r\n" );
document.write( "press ENTER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Newer TI calculators have more features than older ones,\r\n" );
document.write( "but all boil down to the same, I,e., binomcdf(7,0.15,2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "trials = 7, \r\n" );
document.write( "the probability p of 1 success in 1 trial is 0.15,\r\n" );
document.write( "The x value of the number of desired successes or fewer is 2,\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you see \"Paste\", highlight it and click ENTER, otherwise  \r\n" );
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document.write( "make sure your calculator reads\r\n" );
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document.write( "binomcdf(7,0.15,2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then click ENTER and read the answer:\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.9262348399\r\n" );
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document.write( "[Note: if you got 0.2096507602, you scrolled to \"binompdf(\" not \r\n" );
document.write( "\"binomcdf(\", which gave the probability of EXACTLY 2 successes,\r\n" );
document.write( "not 2 or fewer.]\r\n" );
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