Question

12) A traffic control engineer reports that 75% of the vehicles passing through a checkpoint are from within the state. What is the probability that fewer than 4 of the next 9 vehicles are from out of state

Answer 1

Answer:

0.8343

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question, we have the following values:

Probability of vehicles that pass within the check point that are from within the state = 75% = 0.75

Probability of vehicles that pass within the check point that are from outsode the state = 100 - 75 = 25% = 0.25

P = 0.25

n = number of random variables = 9

The probability that fewer than 4 of the next 9 vehicles are from out of state is calculated as:

P < 4 = P ≤ 3

n = 9

P(x) = n!/(n - x)! x! × p^x × q^(n - x)

x = 3

p = 0.25

q = 0.75

P(x) = 9! /(9 - 3)! × 3! × 0.25^3 × 0.75^(9 - 3)

P(x) =0.8343