Poisson Distribution
Answer 8a

No; he sends Al packing.

Explanation

"Look right here," he says to Al, "if you line up what I got with what the Poisson table says, what does it match? I got 8 bags with no defects, and 2 bags with 1 defect each:

	r = 0.1	E	r = 0.2	E
p(0)	0.9048	9	0.8187	8
p(1)	0.0905	1	0.1637	2
p(2)	0.0045	0	0.0164	0
p(3)	0.0002	0	0.0011	0
p(4)			0.0001	0

 

So it goes with the 2% defective column, and despite all the talk, you are no better than those other guys who send me 2% defective balloons. Get yourself out of here."

Comment

Want to bet that the two companies are supplied by the same balloon manufacturer?

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