Exercise 11.5 · Q5
Q.A retailer purchases a certain kind of electronic device from a manufacturer. The manufacturer indicates that the defective rate of the device is . The inspector of the retailer randomly picks items from a shipment. What is the probability that there will be
(i) at least one defective item
(ii) exactly two defective items?
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(ii) is a direct pmf substitution.
Step 1. Identify the distribution. ; .
Step 2. (i) At least one defective — complement rule. . Since , . …
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