When commercial aircraft are inspected, wing cracks are

Chapter 5, Problem 125E

(choose chapter or problem)

Get Unlimited Answers
QUESTION:

Problem 125E

When commercial aircraft are inspected, wing cracks are reported as nonexistent, detectable, or critical. The history of a particular fleet indicates that 70% of the planes inspected have no wing cracks, 25% have detectable wing cracks, and 5% have critical wing cracks. Five planes are randomly selected. Find the probability that

a one has a critical crack, two have detectable cracks, and two have no cracks.

b at least one plane has critical cracks.

Questions & Answers

QUESTION:

Problem 125E

When commercial aircraft are inspected, wing cracks are reported as nonexistent, detectable, or critical. The history of a particular fleet indicates that 70% of the planes inspected have no wing cracks, 25% have detectable wing cracks, and 5% have critical wing cracks. Five planes are randomly selected. Find the probability that

a one has a critical crack, two have detectable cracks, and two have no cracks.

b at least one plane has critical cracks.

ANSWER:

Solution 125E

Step1 of 3:

We have commercial aircraft are inspected, wing cracks are reported as nonexistent, detectable, or critical. Here the 70% of the planes inspected have no wing cracks, 25% have detectable wing cracks and 5% have critical wing cracks. Five planes are randomly selected.

Here our goal is:

a). We need to find the probability of one has a critical crack, two have detectable cracks, and two have no cracks.

b). We need to find the probability of at least one plane has critical cracks.


Step2 of 3:

a).

Here we have:

The number of aircraft have critical crack = 1,

The number of aircraft have detectable cracks = 2, and

The number of aircraft have no cracks = 2.

Add to cart


Study Tools You Might Need

Not The Solution You Need? Search for Your Answer Here:

×

Login

Login or Sign up for access to all of our study tools and educational content!

Forgot password?
Register Now

×

Register

Sign up for access to all content on our site!

Or login if you already have an account

×

Reset password

If you have an active account we’ll send you an e-mail for password recovery

Or login if you have your password back