3.18 A corporation receives a particular part in shipments of 100. Research indicated the probabilities shown in

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3.18 A corporation receives a particular part in shipments of 100. Research indicated the probabilities shown in the accompanying table for numbers of defective parts in a shipment.

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a. What is the probability that there will be fewer than three defective parts in a shipment?

b. What is the probability that there will be more than one defective part in a shipment?

c. The five probabilities in the table sum to 1. Why must this be so?

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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9780273767060

8th Global Edition

Authors: Paul Newbold, Mr William Carlson, Ms Betty Thorne

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