There are 600 economics students in the post graduate class of a university, and the probability for any student to need a copy of a particular book form the university library on any day is 0.05. How many copies of the book should be kept in the university library so that the probability may be greater than 0.9 that none of the students needing a copy from the library has to come back disappointed?

There are 600 economics students in the post graduate class of a university, and the probability for any student to need a copy of a particular book form the university library on any day is 0.05. How many copies of the book should be kept in the university library so that the probability may be greater than 0.9 that none of the students needing a copy from the library has to come back disappointed?

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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