Factory Light Bulb Defects

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A factory produces light bulbs. It is known that 7% of the bulbs produced are defective. Bulbs are packed in boxes of 12.

(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected box contains exactly one defective bulb. [3]

(b) Find the probability that a randomly selected box contains at least two defective bulbs. [2]

(c) A quality inspector selects 10 boxes at random. Find the probability that exactly 3 of these boxes contain at least two defective bulbs. [2]

Part a

3 minutes 3 marks

Question

Find the probability that a randomly selected box contains exactly one defective bulb. [3]



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Apply the binomial formula: P(D = 1) = (12 choose 1) × (0.07)^1 × (0.93)^(11).

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Approximately 0.378

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Part b

3 minutes 2 marks

Question

Find the probability that a randomly selected box contains at least two defective bulbs. [2]



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Use the complement rule: P(D ≥ 2) = 1 − [P(D = 0) + P(D = 1)].

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Approximately 0.202

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Part c

3 minutes 2 marks

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A quality inspector selects 10 boxes at random. Find the probability that exactly 3 of these boxes contain at least two defective bulbs. [2]



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Let X be the number of boxes (out of 10) with at least two defective bulbs. Then, X ∼ Binomial(10, 0.202). Compute P(X = 3) = (10 choose 3) × (0.202)^3 × (0.798)^7.

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Approximately 0.203

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