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Question 1078946: The probability of a randomly selected car crashing during a year in a certain country is 0.0489. If a family has four cars, find the probability that at least one of them has a car crash during a year. Is there any reason why the probability might be wrong? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The probability of a randomly selected car crashing during a year in a certain country is 0.0489. If a family has four cars, find the probability that at least one of them has a car crash during a year. Is there any reason why the probability might be wrong?
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Binomial Problem with n = 4, p(crash) = 0.0489 ; p(no crash) = 0.9511
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P(1<= x <=4) = 1 - p(x = 0) = 1 - 0.9511^4 = 0.1817
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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