(1) An airline finds that each passenger who reserves a seat fails to turn up with probability For an aeroplane with 18 seats, the airline sells 20 tickets. What is the probability that the flight is overbooked?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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(1) An airline finds that each passenger who reserves a seat fails to turn up with probability
For an aeroplane with 18 seats, the airline sells 20 tickets. What is the probability that the flight
is overbooked?
(2) A cinnamon raisin bagel contains n raisins that are distributed evenly over the bagel's volume.
Cut the bagel into k pieces. What is the expected number of raisins in each piece? Base your an-
swer on an appropriate mathematical model!
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 1 (1) An airline finds that each passenger who reserves a seat fails to turn up with probability For an aeroplane with 18 seats, the airline sells 20 tickets. What is the probability that the flight is overbooked? (2) A cinnamon raisin bagel contains n raisins that are distributed evenly over the bagel's volume. Cut the bagel into k pieces. What is the expected number of raisins in each piece? Base your an- swer on an appropriate mathematical model!
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