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What is the probability that the underweight package is the 8th package to be detected? B. What is the probability that the line will stop at the 40th package?

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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An electronic scale in an automated filling operation stops the
manufacturing line after three underweight packages are detected. Suppose that the probability of an underweight package is 0.004 and each fill is independent.
A. What is the probability that the underweight package is the 8th package to be detected?
B. What is the probability that the line will stop at the 40th package?

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