A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Transcribed Image Text:A survey finds that customers are charged incorrectly for 4 out of every 30
items, on average. Suppose a customer purchases 13 items Find the
following probability.
A customer is not charged incorrectly for any item.
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