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zavuch27 [327]
2 years ago
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The probability that a lab specimen contains high levels of contamination is 0.10. Five samples are checked, and the samples are

independent. (a) What is the probability that none contain high levels of contamination? (b) What is the probability that exactly one contains high levels of contamination? (c) What is the probability that at least one contains high levels of contamination?
Mathematics
1 answer:
raketka [301]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

(a) 0.59049 (b) 0.32805 (c) 0.40951

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's define

A_{i}: the lab specimen number i contains high levels of contamination for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so,

P(A_{i})=0.1 for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The complement for A_{i} is given by

A_{i}^{$c$}: the lab specimen number i does not contains high levels of contamination for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so

P(A_{i}^{$c$})=0.9 for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

(a) The probability that none contain high levels of contamination is given by

P(A_{1}^{$c$}∩A_{2}^{$c$}∩A_{3}^{$c$}∩A_{4}^{$c$}∩A_{5}^{$c$})=(0.9)^{5}=0.59049 because we have independent events.

(b) The probability that exactly one contains high levels of contamination is given by

P(A_{1}∩A_{2}^{$c$}∩A_{3}^{$c$}∩A_{4}^{$c$}∩A_{5}^{$c$})+P(A_{1}^{$c$}∩A_{2}∩A_{3}^{$c$}∩A_{4}^{$c$}∩A_{5}^{$c$})+P(A_{1}^{$c$}∩A_{2}^{$c$}∩A_{3}∩A_{4}^{$c$}∩A_{5}^{$c$})+P(A_{1}^{$c$}∩A_{2}^{$c$}∩A_{3}^{$c$}∩A_{4}∩A_{5}^{$c$})+P(A_{1}^{$c$}∩A_{2}^{$c$}∩A_{3}^{$c$}∩A_{4}^{$c$}∩A_{5})=5×(0.1)×(0.9)^{4}=0.32805

because we have independent events.

(c) The probability that at least one contains high levels of contamination is

P(A_{1}∪A_{2}∪A_{3}∪A_{4}∪A_{5})=1-P(A_{1}^{$c$}∩A_{2}^{$c$}∩A_{3}^{$c$}∩A_{4}^{$c$}∩A_{5}^{$c$})=1-0.59049=0.40951

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