Solution Found!
Section I: Multiple Choice Select the best answer for each question. Seventeen people
Chapter 6, Problem T6.8(choose chapter or problem)
Section I: Multiple Choice Select the best answer for each question. Seventeen people have been exposed to a particular disease. Each one independently has a 40% chance of contracting the disease. A hospital has the capacity to handle 10 cases of the disease. What is the probability that the hospitals capacity will be exceeded? (a) 0.011 (d) 0.965 (b) 0.035 (e) 0.989 (c) 0.092
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Section I: Multiple Choice Select the best answer for each question. Seventeen people have been exposed to a particular disease. Each one independently has a 40% chance of contracting the disease. A hospital has the capacity to handle 10 cases of the disease. What is the probability that the hospitals capacity will be exceeded? (a) 0.011 (d) 0.965 (b) 0.035 (e) 0.989 (c) 0.092
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
Given:
The number of successes among a fixed number of independent trials follows a binomial distribution.