6. A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that 5 percent of his product is defective. If he sells pins in boxes of 100 and guarantees that no more than 10 pins will be defective, what is the approximate probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality.

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A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that 5 percent of his
product is defective. If he sells pins in boxes of 100 and guarantees that no
more than 10 pins will be defective, what is the approximate probability that
a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality.
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