SOLUTION: The Department of Transportation maintains statistics for mishandled bags per 1000 passengers. In a prior year, Budget Airlines averaged 2.9 mishandled bags per 1000 passengers. Wh
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Question 452916: The Department of Transportation maintains statistics for mishandled bags per 1000 passengers. In a prior year, Budget Airlines averaged 2.9 mishandled bags per 1000 passengers. What is the probability that in the next group of 1000 passengers Budget Airlines will have no mishandled bags? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The Department of Transportation maintains statistics for mishandled bags per 1000 passengers. In a prior year, Budget Airlines averaged 2.9 mishandled bags per 1000 passengers. What is the probability that in the next group of 1000 passengers Budget Airlines will have no mishandled bags?
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Binomial Problem with n= 1000 and p = 2.9/1000 = 0.0029
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P(x=0) = 1000C0(0.0029)^0*(0.9971)^1000 = 0.0548
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