Answer to Question #92079 in Statistics and Probability for Sanjay

Question

On the average 20 in 100 plants manufactured were defective. If the plants are supplied in pockets 10 each, what is the probability of
a) defective plants
b) if 10000 packets are tested how many packets would you expect defective.
c) no defective plants

Answer 1

a) since the probability of obtaining a defective plant during production is 20/100=0.2 the same will likely find defеctive plant in the package;

b) 0.2*10000=2000;

c) the probability that the plant is good will be 0.8,

the probability that all 10 plants in pocket are good will be 0.8¹⁰≈0.1073741824.