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The Zagat Restaurant Survey provides food, decor, and service ratings for some of the top restaurants across the United States. For 15 restaurants located in Boston, the average price of a dinner, including one drink and tip, was $48.60. You are leaving on a business trip to Boston and will eat dinner at three of these restaurants. Your company will reimburse you for a maximum of $50 per dinner. Business associates familiar with these restaurants have told you that the meal cost at one-third of these restaurants will exceed $50. Suppose that you randomly select three of these restaurants for dinner.
- a. What is the
probability that none of the meals will exceed the cost covered by your company? - b. What is the probability that one of the meals will exceed the cost covered by your company?
- c. What is the probability that two of the meals will exceed the cost covered by your company?
- d. What is the probability that all three of the meals will exceed the cost covered by your company?
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