Problem 1(1) An airline finds that each passenger who reserves a seat fails to turn up with probabilityFor an aeroplane with 18 seats, the airline sells 20 tickets. What is the probability that the flightis overbooked?(2) A cinnamon raisin bagel contains n raisins that are distributed evenly over the bagel's volume.Cut the bagel into k pieces. What is the expected number of raisins in each piece? Base your an-swer on an appropriate mathematical model!

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