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Question Number (1)ENGINEERING STATISTICS Civil Engineering

Twelve electric bulbs are drawn independently every hour from a production line at a factory.
The number of defective bulbs are random and independent. Suppose that the probability of
finding no defective bulb is 0.5072.
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a. What is the probability that a bulb is defective?
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b. Hence, what is the probability that two or more bulbs are defective?
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c. What is the probability that three or more bulbs tested are the second defective bulbs
UTM UTM
detected?
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Transcribed Image Text:Twelve electric bulbs are drawn independently every hour from a production line at a factory. The number of defective bulbs are random and independent. Suppose that the probability of finding no defective bulb is 0.5072. TM a. What is the probability that a bulb is defective? UTM 6 UTM b. Hence, what is the probability that two or more bulbs are defective? UTY M AUT c. What is the probability that three or more bulbs tested are the second defective bulbs UTM UTM detected? | UTM
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