among sixteen new machines that were sold to a distributor. There are seven with minimum defects. If the quality control department randomly selects two of these machines to check for defects, what is the probability that: a) none of the machines have defects, b) one of the machines has defects
We use Binomial distribution to solve this problem.
Probability mass function of binomial distribution is :
where,
n = Number of trials
p = Probability of success
x = Number of success
a)
Probability that none of the machines have defects = P(X=0)
In this case,
n = Number of machines selected = 2
p = Probability of defects = 7 / 16 = 0.4375
Probability that none of the machines have defects = 0.3164
b)
Probability that one of the machines has defects = P(X=1)
Probability that one of the machines has defects = 0.4922
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