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Each of 12 refrigerators of a certain type has been
Chapter 4, Problem 69E(choose chapter or problem)
Each of 12 refrigerators of a certain type has been returned to a distributor because of an audible, high-pitched, oscillating noise when the refrigerators are running. Suppose that 7 of these refrigerators have a defective compressor and the other 5 have less serious problems. If the refrigerators are examined in random order, let X be the number among the first 6 examined that have a defective compressor. a. Calculate P(X = 4) and P(X ? 4) b. Determine the probability that X exceeds its mean value by more than 1 standard deviation. c. Consider a large shipment of 400 refrigerators, of which 40 have defective compressors. If X is the number among 15 randomly selected refrigerators that have defective compressors, describe a less tedious way to calculate (at least approximately) P(X ?5) than to use the hypergeometric pmf.
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Each of 12 refrigerators of a certain type has been returned to a distributor because of an audible, high-pitched, oscillating noise when the refrigerators are running. Suppose that 7 of these refrigerators have a defective compressor and the other 5 have less serious problems. If the refrigerators are examined in random order, let X be the number among the first 6 examined that have a defective compressor. a. Calculate P(X = 4) and P(X ? 4) b. Determine the probability that X exceeds its mean value by more than 1 standard deviation. c. Consider a large shipment of 400 refrigerators, of which 40 have defective compressors. If X is the number among 15 randomly selected refrigerators that have defective compressors, describe a less tedious way to calculate (at least approximately) P(X ?5) than to use the hypergeometric pmf.
ANSWER:Answer: Step 1 of 3 Suppose that 7 of these refrigerators have a defective compressor and the other 5 have less serious problems. If the refrigerators are examined in random order, let X be the number among the first 6 examined that have a defective compressor. Taking everything mentioned above into consideration we can see that this is a hypergeometric distribution, where h(x;n, M,N) = h(x;6, 7, 12). a. Calculate P(X = 4) and P(X 4) Compute P(X = 4), P(X 4) The Hypergeometric distribution formula is as shown below i) We have, MC x (N M)C (n x) P(X = x) = NC n 7C 4 (12 7)C(6 4) P(X = 4) = 12C 6 P(X = 4) = 924 = 0.3787 Therefore, P(X = 4) = 0.3787 ii) Now, P(X 4) = 1 P(X > 4) P(X 4) = 1 (P(X = 5) + P(X = 6)) 7C5 (12 7(6 5)7C 6 (12 7(6 6) = 1 ( 12C 6 + 12C6 ) 105 7 = 1 ( 924 + 924 ) = 1 - 0.1212 = 0.8788 Hence,P(X 4) = 0.8788.