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#1 2008-08-26 11:54:35

Macy
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Pls help me with Binomial probability

Computer disk has a chance of 0.15 being a faulty. The disks are sold in pack of five. Find the probability of a pack containing fewer than four faulty disks if you know it contains at least one faulty disk.

#2 2008-08-26 12:16:43

JaneFairfax
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Registered: 2007-02-23
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Re: Pls help me with Binomial probability

Let the random variable X be the number of faulty disks in a pack.

Then

where

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