A cinema sells tickets for the opening of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with 50 seats. From experience, the cinema knows that there is a 10% chance that a buyer of a ticket will not turn up to claim their seats. On that basis, the cinema decided to sell 55 tickets. What is the probability that exactly 50 buyers will claim their seats?
A cinema sells tickets for the opening of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with 50 seats. From experience, the cinema knows that there is a 10% chance that a buyer of a ticket will not turn up to claim their seats. On that basis, the cinema decided to sell 55 tickets. What is the probability that exactly 50 buyers will claim their seats?
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Chapter9: Counting And Probability
Section9.3: Binomial Probability
Problem 2E: If a binomial experiment has probability p success, then the probability of failure is...
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