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    12) If 3% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, find the probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs, five are defective

    13) Three cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards without replacement. Find the probability that

    a) two are jacks and one is king
    b) all cards are of one unit
    c) at least two aces are drawn.

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    ^ = raised to the power of

    12) If 3% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, find the probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs, five are defective

    p= 3%
    q= 97%

    n= 100

    This is a binommial distribution

    Prob of defective= 5 =100 C 5 p ^5 q ^95= 0.10131

    13) Three cards ...

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    2 questions on probability are solved - defective bulbs, cards. Answers use the concept of binomial distribution and combinations.

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