Question 1175878: The probability that a bolt is defective is 0.2%. Bolts are packed in boxes
of 500. Use the information to answer the questions below.
a) Find the probability that in a randomly chosen box, there are two
defective bolts.
b) Find the probability that in a randomly chosen box, there more than three
defective bolts
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source):
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Binomial Distribution: p = .002
n = 500
P(x = 2) = binompdf(500, .002,2) = .1841
P(x ≥ 3) = 1 - P( x ≤ 2) = 1 - binomcdf(500, .002, 2) = 1 - .9199 = .0801
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