Question

In a certain manufacturing process it is known that, on average,1 in every 100 items is defective. What is the probability that the 5th item inspected is the first defective item found?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.96% probability that the 5th item inspected is the first defective item found

Step-by-step explanation:

We have these following probabilities:

1% probability that an item is defective.

99% probability that an item is not defective.

What is the probability that the 5th item inspected is the first defective item found?

First four not defective, with a 99% probability.

Fifth defective, with a 1% probability. So

$P = (0.99)^{4}*0.01 = 0.0096$

0.96% probability that the 5th item inspected is the first defective item found