Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781305251809
Author: Jay L. Devore
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 97SE
Of all customers purchasing automatic garage-door openers, 75% purchase a chain-driven model. Let X = the number among the next 15 purchasers who select the chain-driven model.
- a. What is the pmf of X?
- b. Compute P(X > 10).
- c. Compute P(6 ≤ X ≤ 10).
- d. Compute μ and σ2.
- e. If the store currently has in stock 10 chain-driven models and 8 shaft-driven models, what is the
probability that the requests of these 15 customers can all be met from existing stock?
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