the owner of a small deli is trying to decide whether to discontinue selling magazines. He suspects that only 10.5% of his customers buy a magazine and he thinks that he might be able to use the display space to sell something more profitable. Before making a final decision, he decides that for one day he will keep track of the number of customers that buy a magazine.   Assuming his suspicion that 10.5% of his customers buy a magazine is correct, what is the probability that exactly 4 out of the first 10 customers buy a magazine? give your answer as a decimal number rounded to two digits.   What is the expected number of customers from this sample that will buy a magazine

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the owner of a small deli is trying to decide whether to discontinue selling magazines. He suspects that only 10.5% of his customers buy a magazine and he thinks that he might be able to use the display space to sell something more profitable. Before making a final decision, he decides that for one day he will keep track of the number of customers that buy a magazine.

 

Assuming his suspicion that 10.5% of his customers buy a magazine is correct, what is the probability that exactly 4 out of the first 10 customers buy a magazine? give your answer as a decimal number rounded to two digits.

 

What is the expected number of customers from this sample that will buy a magazine?

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