You are an accountant who is performing the annual audit at Hokem, Billem, and Soakem, a large telephone company. From past experience, it is known that 8% of the accounts at Hokem, Bilem, and Soakem has errors. a) what is the probability that the first account with an error is among the first 5 accounts that you check?

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You are an accountant who is performing the annual audit at Hokem, Billem, and Soakem, a large telephone company. From past experience, it is known that 8% of the accounts at Hokem, Bilem, and Soakem has errors. a) what is the probability that the first account with an error is among the first 5 accounts that you check?
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P(X <= x) P(X = x)
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0.2464
0.3143
0.3760
0.4321
0.4832
0.5297
0.5721
0.6106
0.6456
0.6775
0.7065
0.7330
0.7570
0.7789
0.7988
0.8169
0.8334
0.8484
0.8620
0.8744
0.8857
0.8960
0.9054
0.9139
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0.0678
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0.0511
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0.0423
0.0385
0.0350
0.0319
0.0290
0.0264
0.0240
0.0219
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0.0150
0.0136
0.0124
0.0113
0.0103
0.0094
0.0085
0.0078
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0.0064
Transcribed Image Text:J 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 X 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TU A 18 19 20 222222 23 24 26 28 ***** 31 1 2 3 4 0.09 P(X <= x) P(X = x) 0.0900 0.1719 0.2464 0.3143 0.3760 0.4321 0.4832 0.5297 0.5721 0.6106 0.6456 0.6775 0.7065 0.7330 0.7570 0.7789 0.7988 0.8169 0.8334 0.8484 0.8620 0.8744 0.8857 0.8960 0.9054 0.9139 0.9216 0.9287 0.9351 5 6 7 8 B 9 10 11 р 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ***** 25 26 27 0.0900 0.0819 0.0745 0.0678 0.0617 0.0562 0.0511 0.0465 0.0423 0.0385 0.0350 0.0319 0.0290 0.0264 0.0240 0.0219 0.0199 0.0181 0.0165 0.0150 0.0136 0.0124 0.0113 0.0103 0.0094 0.0085 0.0078 0.0071 0.0064
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Transcribed Image Text:Э 0 -1 32 33 34 35 томоод 7 7 7 7 4 9 Фонния 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 A 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 B 20 0.8484 21 0.8620 22 0.8744 23 0.8857 24 0.8960 25 0.9054 26 0.9139 27 0.9216 28 0.9287 29 0.9351 0.9409 0.9463 0.9511 0.9555 34 0.9595 0.9631 0.9665 0.9695 0.9722 0.9747 0.9770 0.9791 0.9810 43 0.9827 0.9842 0.9856 0.9869 0.9881 0.9892 0.9902 0.9910 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 C 0.0150 0.0136 0.0124 0.0113 0.0103 0.0094 0.0085 0.0078 0.0071 0.0064 0.0058 0.0053 0.0048 0.0044 0.0040 0.0036 0.0033 0.0030 0.0027 0.0025 0.0023 0.0021 0.0019 0.0017 0.0016 0.0014 0.0013 0.0012 0.0011 0.0010 0.0009 D
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