On a particular production line, the likelihood that a light bulb is defective is 5%. Ten light bulbs are randomly selected. What is the probability that at most 3 of the light bulbs will be defective?

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On a particular production line, the likelihood that a light bulb is defective is 5%. Ten light bulbs are randomly selected. What is the probability that at most 3 of the light bulbs will be defective?

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Let X be the number of defective light bulbs and n be the sample number of light bulbs.

From the given information, probability that a light bulb is defective is 0.05 and n=10.

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