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At a Noodles & Company restaurant, the probability that a customer will order a nonalcoholic beverage is .50.

a. Find the probability that in a sample of 14 customers, none of the 14 will order a nonalcoholic beverage.

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Final answer:

The probability that none of the 14 customers at Noodles & Company will order a nonalcoholic beverage, when the probability of any customer ordering one is 0.50, is approximately 0.0061%.

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability that a customer will order a nonalcoholic beverage at Noodles & Company restaurant is 0.50. To find the probability that in a sample of 14 customers, none will order a nonalcoholic beverage, you use the formula for the probability of 'none' in a binomial distribution setting where the number of trials is n and the probability of success (in this case ordering a nonalcoholic beverage) is p.

Thus, the desired probability is (1 - p)^n. Plugging in the values:

Probability = (1 - 0.50)^14 = 0.5^14 = 0.00006103515625.

So, the probability that none of the 14 customers will order a nonalcoholic beverage is approximately 0.000061 or 0.0061%.

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