1. This problem involves inspection at a widget factory. Assume that a box contains 2 defective widgets and 9 acceptable widgets. There are 3 inspectors, each of whom selects a widget from the box at random, inspects it, and then replaces it in the box. Each inspector makes his or her inspection at a different time. What is the probability that at least one inspector will find a defective widget?

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1. This problem involves inspection at a widget factory. Assume that a box contains 2 defective widgets and 9 acceptable widgets. There are 3 inspectors, each of whom selects a widget from the box at random, inspects it, and then replaces it in the box. Each inspector makes his or her inspection at a different time.

What is the probability that at least one inspector will find a defective widget? 

2. Rework problem 23 from section 4.1 of your text involving a basketball player's three point shooting. Assume that his shots are Bernoulli trials, and that he makes 1 in 5 of his shots.

How many three point shots must the player attempt so that the probability of his hitting at least one of them is at least 0.98? 

3. Rework problem 25 from section 4.1 of your text involving a car saleswoman. Assume that showing a car is a Bernoulli trial, and each time she shows a car, there is a probability of 0.05 that the customer will buy the car. The saleswoman has a goal of selling at least one car a week.

How many cars must she show so that the probability of her reaching her goal is at least 0.53? 

 

 

 

 

 

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