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Refer to Exercise 2.90(b) where a friend claimed that if there is a 1 in 50 chance of
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Refer to Exercise 2.90(b) where a friend claimed that if there is a 1 in 50 chance of injury on a single jump then there is a 100% chance of injury if a skydiver jumps 50 times. Assume that the results of repeated jumps are mutually independent.
a. What is the probability that 50 jumps will be completed without an injury?
b. What is the probability that at least one injury will occur in 50 jumps?
c. What is the maximum number of jumps, n, the skydiver can make if the probability is at least .60 that all n jumps will be completed without injury?
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QUESTION:
Refer to Exercise 2.90(b) where a friend claimed that if there is a 1 in 50 chance of injury on a single jump then there is a 100% chance of injury if a skydiver jumps 50 times. Assume that the results of repeated jumps are mutually independent.
a. What is the probability that 50 jumps will be completed without an injury?
b. What is the probability that at least one injury will occur in 50 jumps?
c. What is the maximum number of jumps, n, the skydiver can make if the probability is at least .60 that all n jumps will be completed without injury?
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