1) A supplier ships a lot of 5000 connectors. A sample of 500 is selected at random, without replacement. If the lot contains 400 defective connectors, use normal approximation to determine the probability that there are 50 defective connectors in the sample.

1) A supplier ships a lot of 5000 connectors. A sample of 500 is selected at random, without replacement. If the lot contains 400 defective connectors, use normal approximation to determine the probability that there are 50 defective connectors in the sample.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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