Phoenix water is provided to approximately 1.4 million people, who are served through more than 362.000 accounts

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Phoenix water is provided to approximately 1.4 million people, who are served through more than 362.000 accounts (http://phoenix.gov/WATER/wtrfacts.html). All accounts are metered and billed monthly. The probability that an account has an error in a month is 0.001, and accounts can be assumed to be independent.

(a) What is the mean and standard deviation of the number of account errors each month?

(b) Approximate the probability of fewer than 350 errors in a month.

(c) Approximate a value so that the probability that the num ber of errors exceeds this value is

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Applied Statistics And Probability For Engineers

ISBN: 9780470053041

5th Edition

Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger

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