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Kevin works for a company that manufactures solar panels. In a large batch of solar panels, about 1 in 200 is defective. Suppose that Kevin selects a random sample of six solar panels from this batch. What is the probability that none of the solar panels are defective?

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Answer: 0.983

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Answer:

probability that none of the solar panels are defective = 0.97

Explanation:

Proportion of solar panels that are defective, p = 1/200 = 0.005

Proportion of solar panels that are not defective, q = 1 - p = 1 - 0.005

q = 0.995

Sample size, n = 6

probability that none of the solar panels are defective, P(X=0)

Note:
P(X=r) = nCr p^(r) q^(n-r)


P(X=0) = 6C0 * 0.005^(0) * 0.995^(6-0)\\P(X=0) = 6C0 * 0.005^(0) * 0.995^(6)\\P(X=0) = 1 * 1 * 0.9704\\P(X=0) = 0.97

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