Question

55 visitors purchased no costume.

147 visitors purchased exactly one costume.
3 visitors purchased more than one costume,
Based on these results, express the probability that the next person will purchase no
more than one costume as a percent to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

236 visitors purchased no costume.

202 visitors purchased exactly one costume.

40 visitors purchased more than one costume.

The total number of customers is, N = 236 + 202 + 40 = 478.

Let X denote the number of costumes purchased by the next person.

Compute the probability that the next person will purchase no more than one costume as follows:

Thus, the probability that the next person will purchase no more than one costume .