A large company has an inspection system for the batches of small compressors purchased from vendors. A batch typically contains 15 compressors. Past inspection shows that 3% are faulty. (i) What is the probability that there will be exactly 2 faulty compressor from the batch? (ii) How many faulty compressors are from 10 batches?

A large company has an inspection system for the batches of small compressors purchased from vendors. A batch typically contains 15 compressors. Past inspection shows that 3% are faulty. (i) What is the probability that there will be exactly 2 faulty compressor from the batch? (ii) How many faulty compressors are from 10 batches?

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A large company has an inspection system for the batches of small compressors
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(i) What is the probability that there will be exactly 2 faulty compressor from the
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(ii) How many faulty compressors are from 10 batches?

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