Answer:
0.0159
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that a common practice of airline companies is to sell more tickets for a particular flight than there are seats on the plane, because customers who buy tickets do not always show up for the flight.
Here if X is the no of persons that do not show up, then X is binomial as each trial is independent with p = 0.04 and n =150 (no of tickets sold)
The plane is overbooked if more than 150 show up
i.e. less than 2 do not show up
Hence the probability that the airline overbooked this flight
=
0.4 x >= 327 Divide by 0.4
x >= 327/0.4 which is not going to be an even number.
x >= 817. 5 puppies. So they need to sell 0.5 more puppies. Better round this quickly before someone decides to do something stupid to get the extra 1/2 puppy. For us it's simple. Just add a 1/2 puppy more.
x >= 818 puppies <<<<==== answer.