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L When United Airlines overbocks a flight... ’g. Overbooking flights is a common practice of most airlines. A particular airline, believing that 4% of passengers fail to show for flights, overbooks (sells more tickets than there are seats). Suppose that for a particular flight involving a jumbo-jet with 265 seats, the airline sells 278 tickets. Question 1. What is the expected number of ticket holders that will fail to show for the flight? (Use 2 decimal place in your answer.) 1112 » Question 2. What is the probability that the airline will not have enough seats for all the ticket holders who show for the flight? ¥ (Use 3 decimal places.)