A Package Delivery Service Claims That No More Than 5

question 13

Multiple Choice

A package delivery service claims that no more than 5 percent of all packages arrive at the address late. Assuming that the conditions for the binomial hold, if a sample of size 10 packages is randomly selected, and the 5 percent rate holds, what is the probability that exactly 2 packages in the sample arrive late?

• A) 0.0746
• B) 0.9884
• C) 0.2347
• D) 0.0439

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