SOLUTION: The manufacturer of the disk drives in one of the well-known brands of microcomputers expects 2% of the disk drives to malfunction during the microcomputers warranty 17 period. Ca

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Question 1137026: The manufacturer of the disk drives in one of the well-known brands of microcomputers expects
2% of the disk drives to malfunction during the microcomputers warranty 17 period. Calculate the
probability that in a sample of 100 disk drives, that not more than three will malfunction

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(X <= 3) = P(0) + P(1) + P(2) + P(3) =


    =  = 


    =  = 0.8590 = 85.90% (approximately).    ANSWER