SOLUTION: At a Noodles & Company restaurant, the probability that a customer will order a nonalcoholic beverage is .41. a. Find the probability that in a sample of 5 customers, none of t

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Question 1181475: At a Noodles & Company restaurant, the probability that a customer will order a nonalcoholic beverage is .41.

a. Find the probability that in a sample of 5 customers, none of the 5 will order a nonalcoholic beverage
Answer by ikleyn(52855) About Me  (Show Source):
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The probability that a customer will not order a nonalcoholic beverage is the complement to 0.41, i.e. 1-0.41 = 0.59.


The probability that in a sample of 5 customers, none of the 5 will order a nonalcoholic beverage is


    0.59%5E5 = 0.07149243 = 0.0715  (rounded).      ANSWER

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