The equation for the base is that of a circle, so the cross sections will have a leg of length equal to the vertical distance between its halves.
x² + y² = 16 ⇒ y = ±√(16 - x²)
⇒ length = √(16 - x²) - (-√(16 - x²)) = 2 √(16 - x²)
Cross sections with thickness ∆x have a volume of
1/2 length² ∆x = 1/2 (2 √(16 - x²))² ∆x = (32 - 2x²) ∆x
since they are isosceles triangles and so their bases and heights are equal.
Then the total volume would be (D)
The probability of the success will be 0.3826.
<h3>What is binomial distribution?</h3>Bernoulli's trials are those trials which end up randomly either on success (with probability p) or on failures (with probability 1- p = q (say))
The probability that out of n trials, there'd be x successes is given by
We have
n = 8
p = 0.1
q = 1 – 0.1 = 0.9
x = 1
Then we have
P(1) = ⁸C₁ x (0.1)¹ x (0.9)⁷
P(1) = 0.3826
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