document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188941>Question 1188941</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car insurance company has determined that 9% of all drivers were involved<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in a car accident last year. Among the 14 drivers living on one particular street, 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "were involved in a car accident last year. If 14 drivers are randomly selected, what<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is the probability of getting 3 or more who were involved in a car accident last year? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #820166 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=820166\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> p = .09 = probability that a randomly selected driver was involved in an accident last year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q = 1 - .09 = .91 that a randomly selected driver was not involved in an accident last year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 14 = number of drivers randomly selected.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 0 to 14 = number of those drivers that were involved in an accident last year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = probability that x number of those 14 drivers that were randomly selected were involved in an accident last year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = p^x * q^(n-x) * c(n,x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c(n,x) = n! / (x! * (n-x)!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you can find 1 minus (p(0) + p(1) + p(2)) or you can find p(3 to `14).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "all of p(x) from x = 0 to 14 is shown in the attached excel spreadsheet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your solution is that the probability that 3 or more drivers were involved in an accident last year is equal to 0.125510973. </SPAN>\n" );
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