Compute Probabilities of a Sample Proportion
-Smith Is a Weld $5 \%$

question 28

Multiple Choice

Compute Probabilities of a Sample Proportion
-Smith is a weld inspector at a shipyard. He knows from keeping track of good and substandard welds that for the afternoon shift $5 \%$ of all welds done will be substandard. If Smith checks 300 of the 7500 welds completed that shift, what is the probability that he will find between 10 and 20 substandard welds?

• A) \(0.8132\)
• B) \(0.4066\)
• C) \(0.2033\)
• D) \(0.6377\)

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