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Chapter 6 Problem 24E

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Problem 24E

It is asserted that 80 percent of the cars approaching an individual toll both in New Jersey are equipped with an E-ZPass transponder. Find the probability that in a sample of six cars:

a. All six will have the transponder.

b. At least three will have the transponder.

c. None will have a transponder.

Solution

Solution:

Step 1 of 4:

   Given the problem, we have

                   n = 6,  p = 80% , q = 1- 0.8

                                = 0.8       = 0.2

It is a binomial distribution with parameters n = 6, p = 0.2.

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Title Basic Statistics for Business and Economics  7 
Author Douglas Lind; William Marchal; Samuel Wathen
ISBN 9780077384470

It is asserted that 80 percent of the cars approaching an

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