SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: Suppose a plane's engine has a 1/14,000 chance of breaking mid-flight. Fill in the table Three Engines X P(x) 0 __

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Question 860372: Please help me solve this problem:
Suppose a plane's engine has a 1/14,000 chance of breaking mid-flight.
Fill in the table
Three Engines
X P(x)
0 ________
1 ________
2 ________
3 ________
Two Engines
X P(x)
0 ________
1 ________
2 ________
Calculate and state the probability of a safe flight with a three-engine jet, then a two-engine jet.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

p = 1/14,000 = .00007

P(x) = Binompdf(n,p,x)

Three Engines: n = 3

Binompdf(3,.00007,x)  vary x as asked: 

for ex P(x = 2) = binompdf(3,.00007,2) = .000000015  0r 1.5x10^(-8)



Two Engines: n = 2

Binompdf(2,.00007,x)  vary x as asked: