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geribun
Apr 30, 2009, 08:13 AM
Could you please show me how to calculate this:

The quality control process at a manufacturing plant requires that each lot of finished units be sampled for defective items. Twenty units from each lot are inspected. If five or more defective units are found, the lot is rejected. If a lot is known to contain 10% defective items, what is the probability that the lot will be rejected and accepted?

galactus
Apr 30, 2009, 08:32 AM
This is a binomial probability.

Probability rejected:

\sum_{k=5}^{20}C(20,k)(\frac{1}{10})^{k}(\frac{9}{ 10})^{20-k}

pettisha
Feb 19, 2012, 12:12 PM
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