The Ocoriee Company somethimes makes printing errors in its advertisin

Juan Hewlett

Juan Hewlett

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2021-12-11

The Ocoriee Company somethimes makes printing errors in its advertising in the next issue of the paper "The managing editor has done a study of this problem and found the following data:
Number of Errors01234Probability0.560.210.130.070.03
the probability that the next issue of the paper will have at least 1 error is
Select:
a. 0.21
b. 0.77
c. 0.56
d. 0.44

Answer & Explanation

yotaniwc

yotaniwc

Beginner2021-12-12Added 34 answers

Step 1
Given:
Probability distribution of printing errors in the paper.
The probability that the next issue of the paper will have at least 1 error is obtained as below:
P(X1)=1P(X<1)
=1P(X=0)
=10.56
=0.44
Thus, the probability that the next issue of the paper will have at least 1 error is 0.44.
Step 2
Answer:
Option d. The probability that the next issue of the paper will have at least 1 error is 0.44.

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