Question

There are 10,000 light bulbs in a shipment. In a sample of 100 bulbs, 5 were broken. How many broken bulbs would you expect in the whole shipment?

Answer 1

500

Explanation:

The experimental probability of breakage is 5 out of 100, or 0.05.

Thus, if the shipment of bulbs numbers 10,000, the expected number of broken bulbs is 0.05(10,000), or 500.

Answer 2

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