Historically, 10 percent of a mail-order firm's repeat charge-account customers have an incorrect current address in the firm's computer database. The number of customers out of 17 who have an incorrect address in the database is a binomial random variable with n = 17 andπ= .10. (c) What is the probability that seven customers who call will have an incorrect address? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)Probability: [Input Box](d) What is the probability that fewer than eight customers who call will have an incorrect address? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)Probability: [Input Box]

Historically, 10 percent of a mail-order firm's repeat charge-account customers have an incorrect current address in the firm's computer database.  The number of customers out of 17 who have an incorrect address in the database is a binomial random variable with n = 17 and π = .10.

Historically, 10 percent of a mail-order firm's repeat charge-account customers have an incorrect current address in the firm's computer database.  The number of customers out of 17 who have an incorrect address in the database is a binomial random variable with n = 17 and π = .10.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

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(d) What is the probability that fewer than eight customers who call will have an incorrect address? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Probability: [Input Box]

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Historically, 10 percent of a mail-order firm's repeat charge-account customers have an incorrect current address in the firm's computer database. The number of customers out of 17 who have an incorrect address in the database is a binomial random variable with n = 17 and π = .10.

Historically, 10 percent of a mail-order firm's repeat charge-account customers have an incorrect current address in the firm's computer database.  The number of customers out of 17 who have an incorrect address in the database is a binomial random variable with n = 17 and π = .10.