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Question 760632: a soda pop company determined that there is a 2% chance that a soft drink bottle is under filled if 2 bottles are selected at random find the probability that the 1st one is under filled and the 2nd is not
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a soda pop company determined that there is a 2% chance that a soft drink bottle is under filled if 2 bottles are selected at random find the probability that the 1st one is under filled and the 2nd is not
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Those two results are independent.
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P(under than not) = (0.02)*(0.98) = 0.0196
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Stan H.
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