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Keith’s Florists has 17 delivery trucks, used mainly to deliver flowers and flow

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Question

Keith’s Florists has 17 delivery trucks, used mainly to deliver flowers and flower arrangements in the Greenville, South Carolina, area. Of these 17 trucks, 7 have brake problems. A sample of 5 trucks is randomly selected. What is the probability that 2 of those tested have defective brakes? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Keith’s Florists has 17 delivery trucks, used mainly to deliver flowers and flower arrangements in the Greenville, South Carolina, area. Of these 17 trucks, 7 have brake problems. A sample of 5 trucks is randomly selected. What is the probability that 2 of those tested have defective brakes? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

Keith’s Florists has 17 delivery trucks, used mainly to deliver flowers and flower arrangements in the Greenville, South Carolina, area. Of these 17 trucks, 7 have brake problems. A sample of 5 trucks is randomly selected. What is the probability that 2 of those tested have defective brakes? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

P=7/17=0.4118

n=5

x=2

Binomial probability used.

P( x=2) = 0.3451

Binomial Probabilities

Data

Sample size

5

Probability of an event of interest

0.4118

Statistics

Mean

2.059

Variance

1.2111

Standard deviation

1.1005

Binomial Probabilities Table

X

P(X)

0

0.0704

1

0.2465

2

0.3451

3

0.2416

4

0.0846

5

0.0118

Binomial Probabilities

Data

Sample size

5

Probability of an event of interest

0.4118

Statistics

Mean

2.059

Variance

1.2111

Standard deviation

1.1005

Binomial Probabilities Table

X

P(X)

0

0.0704

1

0.2465

2

0.3451

3

0.2416

4

0.0846

5

0.0118