2015 SRJC P2 Q9

2015 SRJC P2 Q9

9 marks
Prelims

In a calculators manufacturing factory, it is found that \(1.5\%\) of the calculators produced are defective.

In a random sample of \(90\) calculators, find the probability that

  1. there are exactly \(2\) defective calculators,[1]
  2. the \({{90}^{\mathrm{th}}}\) calculator is the second defective calculator given that there are exactly \(2\) defective calculators in that sample.[3]

The calculators are packed in boxes of \(90\).

  1. Find the probability that not more than \(1\) box of calculators, out of \(60\) boxes, contain more than \(2\) defective calculators.[5]

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Answer:(i) \(0.238\) (ii) \(0.0222\) (iii) \(0.000544\)

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