A child mixes 10 good and three dead batteries. To find the dead batteries, his father tests them one by one and without replacement. What is the probability that the fifth battery is dead? If the first four batteries tested are all good, what is the probability that the fifth one is dead?
A child mixes 10 good and three dead batteries. To find the dead batteries, his father tests them one by one and without replacement. What is the probability that the fifth battery is dead? If the first four batteries tested are all good, what is the probability that the fifth one is dead?
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
12th Edition
ISBN:9781305652231
Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Chapter8: Sequences, Series, And Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 50E: Medicine Out of a group of 9 patients treated with a new drug, 4 suffered a relapse. Find the...
Related questions
Question
P4_2
Expert Solution
This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
This is a popular solution!
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps with 2 images
Follow-up Questions
Read through expert solutions to related follow-up questions below.
Follow-up Question
For part a, you did not consider the possibility that the dead batteries being taken out in the previous tests. For example what if the dead battery was taken out in the first try, etc.
Solution
by Bartleby Expert
Recommended textbooks for you
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305652231
Author:
R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780547587776
Author:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305652231
Author:
R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780547587776
Author:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:
HOLT MCDOUGAL