9. It is known that 3% of people whose luggage is screened at an airport have questionable objects in their luggage. What is the probability that a string of 15 people pass through screening successfully before an individual is caught with a questionable object? What is the expected number of people to pass through before an individual is stopped?
9. It is known that 3% of people whose luggage is screened at an airport have questionable objects in their luggage. What is the probability that a string of 15 people pass through screening successfully before an individual is caught with a questionable object? What is the expected number of people to pass through before an individual is stopped?
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Transcribed Image Text:9. It is known that 3% of people whose luggage is screened at an airport have questionable objects
in their luggage. What is the probability that a string of 15 people pass through screening
successfully before an individual is caught with a questionable object? What is the expected
number of people to pass through before an individual is stopped?
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