(a) If 54 tickets are​ sold, what is the probability that 53 or 54 passengers show up for the flight resulting in an overbooked​ flight? ​(b) Suppose that 58 tickets are sold. What is the probability that a passenger will have to be​ "bumped"? ​(c) For a plane with seating capacity of 260 ​passengers, what is the largest number of tickets that can be sold to keep the probability of a passenger being​ "bumped" below 1​%?

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