Sampling for defective items A machine produces articles of which an average of 10% are defective. Find an approximate value for the probability that a random sample of 500 of these articles contains more than 25 which are defective. What, approximately, is the probability that the sample contains fewer than 60 defectives?

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Sampling for defective items
A machine produces articles of which an average of 10% are defective. Find an approximate
value for the probability that a random sample of 500 of these articles contains more than 25
which are defective. What, approximately, is the probability that the sample contains fewer
than 60 defectives?
Transcribed Image Text:Sampling for defective items A machine produces articles of which an average of 10% are defective. Find an approximate value for the probability that a random sample of 500 of these articles contains more than 25 which are defective. What, approximately, is the probability that the sample contains fewer than 60 defectives?
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