Because all airline passengers do not show up for their reserved seat, an airline sells 125 tickets for a flight that holds only 120 passengers. The probability that a passenger does not show up is 0.08, and the passengers behave independently. What is the probability that every passenger who shows up can take the flight? Let X denote the passengers with tickets that do not show up for the flight. a. 0.9886 O b. None among the choices
Because all airline passengers do not show up for their reserved seat, an airline sells 125 tickets for a flight that holds only 120 passengers. The probability that a passenger does not show up is 0.08, and the passengers behave independently. What is the probability that every passenger who shows up can take the flight? Let X denote the passengers with tickets that do not show up for the flight. a. 0.9886 O b. None among the choices
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Transcribed Image Text:Because all airline passengers do not show up for their reserved seat, an airline sells 125 tickets
for a flight that holds only 120 passengers. The probability that a passenger does not show up is
0.08, and the passengers behave independently. What is the probability that every passenger
who shows up can take the flight? Let X denote the passengers with tickets that do not show up
for the flight.
O a. 0.9886
O b. None among the choices
O c. 0.9653
d. 0.9405
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