An airline estimates that the probability is 0.05 thatpeople making reservations on a certain flight will notshow up. Consequently, their policy is to sell 84tickets for a flight that can only hold 80 passengers.a. What is the probability that there will be a seatavailable for every passenger who shows up?What is the average number of passengers thatwill not show up?b.

Probability is the measure of chances. It takes the values between 0 to 1. It never takes negative…

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