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Of the items manufactured by a certain process, 20% are
Chapter 4, Problem 12E(choose chapter or problem)
Of the items manufactured by a certain process, 20% are defective. Of the defective items, 60% can be repaired.
a. Find the probability that a randomly chosen item is defective and cannot be repaired.
b. Find the probability that exactly 2 of 20 randomly chosen items are defective and cannot be repaired.
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QUESTION:
Of the items manufactured by a certain process, 20% are defective. Of the defective items, 60% can be repaired.
a. Find the probability that a randomly chosen item is defective and cannot be repaired.
b. Find the probability that exactly 2 of 20 randomly chosen items are defective and cannot be repaired.
ANSWER:Answer :
Step 1 of 3:
Given, in a process of manufacturing, 20% of the items are defective. In that 20% defectives 60% items can be repaired.
The goal of the problem is
- We have to find the probability that a randomly chosen item is defective and cannot be repaired.
b) we have to find the probability that exactly 2 of 20 randomly chosen items are defective and
cannot be repaired.