One out of every 50 recipes in a particular cookbook series has a missing ingredient. One particular cookbook in this series has 137 recipes. (a) Calculate the precise probability that the cookbook in question will have 1 or 2 recipes with a missing ingredient. (b) Approximate the probability in (a) using the Poisson distribution. Do you think this approximation is a good one? Why?

One out of every 50 recipes in a particular cookbook series has a missing ingredient. One particular cookbook in this series has 137 recipes. (a) Calculate the precise probability that the cookbook in question will have 1 or 2 recipes with a missing ingredient. (b) Approximate the probability in (a) using the Poisson distribution. Do you think this approximation is a good one? Why?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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