Question

One day a retail store received a box of 24 shirts. If this shipment had 6 defective shirts, what can the store expect for upcoming shipments?

Answer 1

1 /4

Explanation:

Given that:

Number of shirts in shipment = 24

Number of defective shirts in shipment = 6

The expectation about upcoming shipment which can be inferred from the information give is the probability of defect in upcoming shipments :

Probability of defect = Number of defect in shipment / total number of items in shipment

P(defect) = 6 /24 = 1 /4