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An inspection plan is set up to to randomly sample 3ft^2 of a 1000 ft^2 carpet and to accept the carpet if no flaws are found in the 3 ft^2 sample. What is the probability that a roll of carpet with an average of 1 flaw per square foot will be rejected by the plan?

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The probability of rejecting a sample of a roll of carpet are determined.

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A one square foot piece of carpet could have 0 flaws, 1 flaw, 2 flaws, etc. The average is 1 flaw. We can model ...

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